Just as Twitter opened its headquarters in Ghana, Amazon is also tolling that path with concluded plans to open its African headquarters in South Africa with a real estate investment of over R4 billion ($279 million).

Authorities in Cape Town noted that Amazon would be occupying a new development in River Club, a prime section of the city, local media reported.

This new development will create 5,239 jobs in the construction phase alone. Along with 19,000 indirect and induced jobs.

The 15-hectare parcel of land will cost R4 billion and include two precincts. Authorities said the first precinct of 60,000sqm would occupy different layers of development, while the second section of 70,000 will hold Amazon headquarters in Africa.

"US retail giant, Amazon, will be the anchor tenant, opening a base of operations on the African continent," Cape Town city officials said in a statement. "The development is envisaged to take place in phases, with construction set to take place over three to five years.

"It is clear that this development offers many economic, social, and environmental benefits for the area. We are committed to driving investment to revitalize the economy, which is slowly recovering following the impact of Covid-19.”

Brand Spur recalls that few weeks ago, Twitter picked Ghana for its first African office and headquarters. Twitter said Ghana's democratic and economic strides made the West African country a highly competitive destination over Nigeria and other countries.

SOURCE: https://brandspurng.com/2021/04/21/amazon-set-to-open-african-headquarters-in-south-africa/

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I know they considered Nigeria at first but saw that Nigeria is sinking and decided to run for their own good. Helinues thebosstrevor will not like this news

uncle liar liar will blame it on endsars and the media.....set a won mad people

Just see wetin buhari and his apc govt,dey do nigerians..unfriendly govt with unfriendly economic policies.

All of them keep running from Nigeria. All thanks to our leaders

Very good, south africa is the real pride of Africa, in Nigeria even Abuja the capital is not safe not to talk of other region

What if Nigeria vex and attract William Hill headquarters

Why is Amazon coming to Nigeria good for us . It might be good for them but there is nothing Amazon does that others cannot do for themselves

How is Amazon different from Dangote that many love to hate?

Let us leave politics for once .

There are some things we need to do for ourselves and online retail is one of them.
Why can't we have our own Nigerian version.?

The development of Precinct 1 includes mixed-used and a floor space of approximately 60,000 sqm. Precinct 2 will house the Amazon headquarters, which is 70,000 sqm of floor space