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AWS Community Day South Africa 2025

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AWS Community Day South Africa 2025 ran on Sep 20, 2025 at Amazon Headquarters Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa. It is a Cloud Computing conference that expected about 450 attendees. ConferenceGrid lists 39 speakers and 32 sponsors. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Last verified May 6, 2026

AWS 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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39Speakers
32Sponsors
0Sessions
53Companies · in total

Speakers

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

Sponsors

The companies 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

Quick answers

When is AWS Community Day South Africa 2025?
AWS Community Day South Africa 2025 ran on Sep 20, 2025 at Amazon Headquarters Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa.
Where is AWS Community Day South Africa 2025 held?
AWS Community Day South Africa 2025 was held at Amazon Headquarters Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa.
Who is speaking at AWS Community Day South Africa 2025?
ConferenceGrid lists 39 speakers, including Allan Pead (CTO and Microsoft MVP, AD Soft Systems), Andrew Owens (Technical Lead: Peering and Interconnection, Teraco) and Candice Grobler (Founder, Candid Collab).
Who sponsors AWS Community Day South Africa 2025?
ConferenceGrid lists 32 sponsors, including Capitec Bank, cloudandthings, Electrum, KnowBe4 and Silicon Overdrive.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 53 companies show up, and 12 bet on three roles at once?

53 companies. twelve 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.

Who's in the room
12All threespeak · spons · exh
20Sponsoringsponsor only
21Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

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

Speakers 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 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1AWSSponsor · Event4
2Capitec BankSponsor · Platinum1
3CouchbaseSponsor · Bronze1
4CrayonSponsor · Bronze1
5ElasticSponsor · Silver1
6HakwareSponsor · Gold1
7KnowBe4Sponsor · Platinum1
8Silicon OverdriveSponsor · Diamond1
9TeracoSponsor · Platinum1
10ThinkroomSponsor · Silver1
11Trend MicroSponsor · Platinum1
12TrueMarkSponsor · Platinum1
13Amazon South AfricaSponsor · Event-
14AWS EC2Sponsor · Event-
Sponsors 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
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.

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