In this What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Country General Manager for South Africa, Chris Erasmus, discusses the importance of AI technology.

Erasmus is responsible for setting AWS’s local strategy and guiding its local growth.

He is well-qualified for this job, as he boasts over 15 years of strategic, commercial, and operational experience.

Erasmus begins the interview by unpacking why Amazon sees AI as an important technology.

He discusses the three technology layers Amazon uses to build its AI solutions, before expanding on generative AI and why it is one of the most transformative technologies in recent years.

Erasmus then details Amazon’s generative AI solutions and discusses the top generative AI trends he sees in South Africa.

He concludes the interview by explaining how businesses can access AI technologies from AWS.