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More than 85% of Nigerian workloads now run on public cloud platforms, according to NITDA. Only 22% of Nigeria’s 1,000 most-accessed websites are hosted locally. Government wants global cloud providers to put more infrastructure inside Nigeria. Local capacity...

January 21, (THEWILL) - Prime Video has cut funding for original Nigerian content and reduced its local staff as part of a restructuring to focus on European countries. This cut will affect its operations in Africa and the Middle East. Shows...

July 06, (THEWILL) - Entertainment company, Amazon, has asked the Lagos State High Court at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) to dismiss the suit against ‘Gangs of Lagos', a movie directed by Jade Osiberu. The movie, which was released on...

January 05, (THEWILL) – American multinational technology company, Amazon, has disclosed plans to sack over 18,000 employees, representing 1.2 percent of its 1.5 million total workforce across the globe. The announcement came just over a month after the company parted...

November 29, (THEWILL) - E-commerce giant, Amazon is shutting down its wholesale e-commerce website for neighbourhood stores - Amazon Distribution. This is its third business closure in the country. Last week, the company announced that it will shut down...

September 10, (THEWILL) – Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is to collaborate with Amazon on digital services for operators in the country. Amazon is an American multinational technology company, which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming and...

September 07, (THEWILL) - Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Kemi Lala Akindoju, has joined Hollywood's Amazon Studio's Local Originals four members team as a senior movies creative executive. She made the announcement in an Instagram post on Tuesday. Akindoju noted that it...

August 10, (THEWILL) - US online retail giant, Amazon, on Tuesday pledged to directly compensate customers harmed or injured by faulty goods bought from independent sellers on its platform. According to the company, from 1st September, it will pay out on...

BEVERLY HILLS, May 26, (THEWILL) – Amazon said Wednesday that it struck a deal to acquire the historic movie studio, Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM), for $8.45 billion, bolstering its efforts to become a top player in Hollywood. The deal will give...

BEVERLY HILLS, April 21, (THEWILL) - US retail giant, Amazon, says it plans to open its first African office in South Africa with a real estate investment of over R4 billion. The announcement is coming a week after Twitter chose to...