Terrence Naidoo is the Solutions Architecture Leader for Sub-Saharan Africa at Amazon Web Services (AWS), based in Johannesburg. With over 19 years of experience in the technology sector, he leads a team responsible for providing strategic and technical advisory services to AWS customers across Africa. His role involves helping organizations design and implement scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions. Naidoo has been actively involved in discussions around the transformative power of cloud and AI technologies. At the ITWeb AI Summit 2024, he highlighted how AWS services like AWS Outposts can address concerns about data residency and sovereignty by delivering AWS infrastructure and services to on-premises or edge locations. He has also participated in panel discussions on IT talent in Africa, focusing on trends, skills gaps, and strategies to strengthen the region's competitiveness in IT talent.