AWS Podcast - Sub-Saharan Africa

In this episode, I chat with Jeff Barr and we discuss Amazon's culture of writing. This conversation talks about PRFAQs, and the AWS News Blog and how it came to be.

In this episode, we chat with Tiara Pathon Skills Job for Africa at AWS who discusses the various education programs that are available at AWS. Here we also learn how you as a developer can take advantage of these programs. Follow Tiara on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiara-pathon/

In this latest episode we chat with Silungelo Ngcobo & Temitope Oyenuga who are both Technical Account Managers (TAMs) at Amazon Web Services (AWS). We discuss a question that gets asked by builders a lot; what is a typical day for a TAM at AWS? Connect with Silu:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/silungelo-ngcobo-7390a613a/ Temi:https://www.linkedin.com/in/temitope-oyenuga/

What does a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS) do? This is a question that gets asked a lot. In this episode, we chat with Louise Liddell & Kaveer Harie who are Senior Solutions Architects at AWS and they talk to us about what the role is all about and what they do at AWS. Connect with Louise Liddell https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-liddell-8b25a42/ & Kaveer Harie https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaveer-harie-b419103/ and chat more about the role.

Chi Che is a Network and a Cloud Engineer who is also an AWS Community Builder. Chi Che is based in Yaounde, Cameroon. In this episode, we talk about the importance of building hands-on projects on AWS in order to position one for a career in the cloud. Find Chi Che here: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chi-che/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chiche_ds

In this episode, we chat with Becky Tsadik, Director of Marketing at Gebeya Inc. https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckytsadik/ about the benefits that an organization can expect to reap when working with remote teams. Gebeya Inc. https://gebeya.com is a Pan-African Online Freelance Talent Marketplace connecting the #BestOfAfricanTalent with corporations globally. Gebeya Inc is an Activate Provider, as well as a Training Partner of AWS.

In this episode I chat with Darryl Govender, Director of Cloud Computing at Synthesis Software Technologies https://synthesis.co.za. Synthesis is an Advanced Partner of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and were awarded AWS SSA Consulting Partner of the Year 2021. Here we chat about how one can prepare for a career as a Cloud Engineer. This term "Cloud Engineer" is pretty broad, how do we narrow it down? Of course we don't end the conversation without discussing some of the exciting projects that Synthesis is currently working on and a bit about the culture, for a sneak peek of what it would be like to work at Synthesis. Take a listen. Contacts here: Darryl Govender https://www.linkedin.com/in/darryl-govender-b1a8b448/ Synthesis Software https://www.linkedin.com/company/synthesis-software-technologies-pty-ltd/

In this episode I chat with Tariq Shurmah, Sales Director of Praesignis. Praesignis is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa and has partnered with Amazon Web Services to bring cloud skills to the youth and better prepare them for 4IR. Hear from Tariq about what led to this partnership, what is AWS reStart and how one might apply to be part of this program specifically with Praesignis. Social media contacts: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tariq-shurmah-91b1a533/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/praesignisdata/ https://aws.amazon.com/training/restart/