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AWS Equity Equivalent Investment Program 2024 for South African Black-Owned SMEs

Call For Applications: AWS Equity Equivalent Investment Program 2024 for South African Black-Owned SMEs

The Amazon Web Services Equity Equivalent Investment Program (AWS EEIP) is an 18-24-month enablement and acceleration program for South African Black-Owned small and medium enterprises (SMEs) who want to build their AWS business and grow as partners in the Amazon Partner Network (APN).

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Whether you are new to the cloud or need help accelerating your AWS partner journey, the AWS EEIP offers a range of benefits to help you grow your business, enable your team, and become a Validated partner in the AWS Partner Network (APN).

Eligibility 

  • 100% Black Owned — You must be 100% Black-owned as defined in the ICT Sector B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice. You must meet all three B-BBEE ownership criteria, i.e., economic interest, voting rights, and net-value points at the date of application.
  • Valid Level 1 B-BBEE Certificate/Affidavit — You must have a valid Level 1 B-BBEE Contributor certificate or Affidavit at the date of application.
  • Exempted Micro-Enterprise or Qualifying Small Enterprise — your turnover must not exceed R50m per year at the date of application.
  • Founders Experience —the majority of your economic interest and voting rights (at least 51%) must be held by a founder who has a minimum of ten years of professional work experience, including experience in leading and growing teams [this requirement does not apply to teams who have been running their startup full-time for at least 24 months].
  • Core Team in Place in place — You should have an operations manager and technical lead in place. The operations manager, technical lead, and all founders must be able to transition to full-time employment in the business from the program start date.

Benefits

Training and Certification

  • AWS Skill Builder Subscriptions
  • AWS Classroom Training
  • AWS Foundational Certification Vouchers
  • AWS Associate Certification Exam Vouchers
  • AWS Professional Certification Exam Vouchers
  • AWS Specialty Certification Exam Vouchers
  • Scrum Certification Training and Exam Fee
  • FinOps Certified Practitioner Course and Exam Fee

Enablement

  • 1:1 Consultant-Led Product Workshop
  • 1:1 Consultant-Led Business Transformation Workshop
  • 1:1 Weekly Technical Support Office Hours
  • Many Technical Enablement Workshops

Operations

  • Headcount Funding to subsidize your compensation costs as you grow  your team
  • Office Subsidy
  • Hardware Benefit
  • Administration Subsidy

Acceleration

  • Fully Funded APN Program fee upon meeting APN Software Path Validation Requirements
  • Market Development Funds
  • AWS Credits to help cover your AWS service usage

AWS Partner Network

The AWS Partner Network (APN) is a global community of partners that leverages programs, expertise, and resources to build, market, and sell customer offerings.

Deadline: April 12th 2024

Click HERE to Apply

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