President William Ruto says investments in the digital sector will enhance the country’s economic growth.
speaking during the launch of the Amazon Website Services development center Ruto says the establishment of the Centre in Nairobi will create job opportunities and enhance skills development.
The launch comes just a fortnight after the President met AWS Executives in New York.
He said the Centre will make Kenya the second African hub from which its teams will be developing solutions for partners.
“We agreed on sustaining the development of a conducive business environment for them to expand their investment in Kenya,” he noted.
“Kenya has emerged as one of the most exciting frontiers of global tech competitiveness, with high revolutionary potential across all Amazon,” he said.
Ruto said efforts to strengthen education in the country are meant to enhance Kenya’s human capital.
“We will continue investing in education so that companies like Amazon can come to invest in Kenya,” he said.
Sakaja on his side said the AWS development centre will create numerous opportunities for talented youth in the country.
“As a country, our cash crop is our talented and resilient youth,” he said.
Whitman pointed out that the launch of the AWS development centre is an endorsement of Kenya’s business environment.
“AWS is one of the most important tech companies in the world, the fact that they have decided to set up a development centre in Kenya speaks volumes about this country and this administration,” she said.