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Cloud Computing

AWS Community Day South Africa 2025

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WS Community Day South Africa 2025 is a community-led conference where logistics and content are planned, sourced, and delivered by community leaders. The event features technical discussions, workshops, and hands-on labs led by expert AWS users and industry leaders from around the world. Attendees can expect a peer-to-peer learning experience, multiple tra…

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39Voices
32Underwriters
0Exhibitors
0On the bill · sessions
54Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at AWS, in alphabetical order.
Allan Pead
CTO and Microsoft MVP · AD Soft Systems
Andrew Owens
Technical Lead: Peering and Interconnection · Teraco
Candice Grobler
Founder · Candid Collab
Carike Botha
Software Development Consultant · iSolve Business Solutions
Christo Goosen
CTO · UW Warehouse
Dale Nunns
Technical Lead · DealX
Douglas Day
Solutions Engineer · Snowflake Partner - datalab
Ferdinand Williams
Director of Sales · KnowBe4
Hennie Francis
Chief Executive Officer · AWS Community South Africa
Jacob O'Brien
Chief Executive Officer · Hakware
Jacqui Muller
Director · JPanda Solutions
James Hickman
Country Manager - South Africa · Amazon Web Services
Jano Barnard
Cloud Engineer · LuxCarta
Jared Naude
Head of Security · Synthesis
Jason Bissict
Team Lead · Thinkst Applied Research
Jean-Pierre Pienaar
Head of Cloud Engineering · cloudandthings.io
Jonathan Leibbrandt
Solutions Architect · TrueMark
Julian Wood
Principal Developer Advocate · Amazon Web Services
Kimlynn Temple
Founder & CEO · Tipped
Kobus Coetzee
Senior Cloud Engineer · Electrum Software
Lindelani Mbatha
Intermediate Platforms Engineer · Electrum Software
Lisa Van Staden
Software Engineer · Thinkst Applied Research

— and 17 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Capitec BankPlatinum
cloudandthingsPlatinum
ElectrumPlatinum
KnowBe4Platinum
Silicon OverdriveDiamond
SmartCryptoPlatinum
TeracoPlatinum
Trend MicroPlatinum
TrueMarkPlatinum
VeeamPlatinum
BSides Cape TownGold
HakwareGold
SnowflakeGold
TechConnectGold
ElasticSilver
FetolaSilver
GrindstoneXLSilver
SynergySilver
ThinkroomSilver
CouchbaseBronze
CrayonBronze
ThinkstBronze
Amazon South AfricaEvent
AWSEvent
AWS EC2Event
AWS StartupsEvent
BabesGotBytesSwag Partner
BBD SoftwareConference Lanyards & Badge Sponsor
BSides JoburgCommunity
OfferZenBranding Partner
Swag QueenOther
UCT Evolve Cybersec SocietyCommunity
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 54 companies show up — and 11 bet on three roles at once?

54 companies. eleven are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
11All threespeak · spons · exh
21Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
22Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Capitec Bank·Couchbase·Crayon·Elastic·Hakware·KnowBe4·Silicon Overdrive·Teraco·Thinkroom·Trend Micro·TrueMark

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

38% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite718%
  • Founder / Owner25%
  • Director / Head of615%
  • Manager / Lead718%
  • Engineer · IC1641%
  • Other roles13%

Of 39 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01Amazon Web Services4V
  2. 02Capitec BankSp·P1V
  3. 03CouchbaseSp·B1V
  4. 04CrayonSp·B1V
  5. 05ElasticSp·S1V
  6. 06HakwareSp·G1V
  7. 07KnowBe4Sp·P1V
  8. 08Silicon OverdriveSp·D1V
  9. 09TeracoSp·P1V
  10. 10ThinkroomSp·S1V
  11. 11Trend MicroSp·P1V
  12. 12TrueMarkSp·P1V
  13. 13Amazon South AfricaSp·E
  14. 14AWSSp·E
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
diamond1
3% of 32
platinum9
28% of 32
gold4
13% of 32
silver5
16% of 32
bronze3
9% of 32
branding partner1
3% of 32
swag partner1
3% of 32
community2
6% of 32
conference lanyards & badge sponsor1
3% of 32
event4
13% of 32
other1
3% of 32
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's at peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters

Sister convocations

Same brand, other regions