Amazon doubling down on South Africa

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Amazon doubling down on South Africa

Amazon is doubling down on its investment in South Africa, which has already exceeded R54 billion in the last decade.

That is according to Amazon's global affairs and legal chief, David Zapolsky, who believes the company could potentially help create tens of thousands of new jobs in the country in the next few years.

 

[charlieharper]

Amazon funding them comrades unlike Elon.

 

[zulucat]

Creating jobs.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

yeah man, Amazon is all about job creation ...

Burnout, frustration and heartbreak: Amazon layoffs take their toll in saturated job market

In the eight-plus months since Amazon announced its most expansive job cuts ever, laid off workers have been thrust into an increasingly saturated labor market.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Pegging]

Creating jobs.

Nah, Cyril creates jobs and smart cities. Evil capitalist companies just loot everything and oppress workers.

 

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

Creating jobs.

Yes, the sweatshop kind

 

[Sargeant]

The US is starting to see the cost of data centres, time to buy the silence of those hicks in Africa!

 

[Bad Ballie]

Creating jobs.

Well someone has to the government is obviously to incompetent to do anything but kill the economy.

 

[Dolby]

How about stocking your own products

 

[zulucat]

Well someone has to the government is obviously to incompetent to do anything but kill the economy.

Still creating jobs though.