How Amazon, Deloitte & Accenture Find the Top 1% of Talent

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There’s a misconception that the world’s top talent exists only in New York, London, or San Francisco.

If you’re building a team, it’s natural to default to hiring locally. And great companies absolutely do hire locally. But the world’s best companies don’t limit themselves to just one geography.

Companies like Accenture, Deloitte, and Amazon hire around the world, not as a fallback plan, not as a “cheap outsourcing” tactic, but because certain regions have competitive advantages in specific skills.

They build hubs where talent thrives.
And that talent is everywhere.

If trillion-dollar companies are hiring across South Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the U.S., it’s not because they “have to.”

It’s because it works.

Amazon & South Africa

Most founders know that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has a presence in South Africa, but fewer people realize just how deep it goes.

AWS has had engineering operations in Cape Town for two decades. In fact, some of the engineering behind Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) (which is literally the foundation of AWS) was developed by teams in Cape Town as early as the mid-2000s.

According to its own economic impact study, AWS plans to invest the equivalent of approximately $2.5 billion in Cape Town between 2018 and 2029. That investment is projected to contribute roughly $4.3 billion to South Africa’s GDP and support about 5,700 full-time jobs annually during that period.

That’s long-term conviction.

So why South Africa?

1. The talent is strong and growing

Cape Town’s startup scene grew by about 13.6% year over year, according to StartupBlink’s 2025 report. Industry reports also project South Africa’s ICT market to grow between 6–9% annually through 2028.

That growth shows up in real skills:

• Cloud engineering (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

• Modern programming languages

• Sales teams used to selling into the U.S. and Europe

This is the definition of competitive global talent.

2. You’re getting professionals, not just task-doers

South Africa doesn’t just produce task executors. It produces managers and leaders who understand Western business culture. Many have worked at global companies like Amazon, Walmart, and Sony. They combine technical expertise with leadership skills, making them valuable far beyond just code execution.

3. Operational and Economic Advantages

The cost savings are massive. A junior Software Engineer in South Africa earns around $1200 per month. That’s a fraction of what a similar hire would cost in the U.S., but without any drop in quality. This is the kind of opportunity that allows companies like Amazon to scale smarter.

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Top 1% Talent Isn’t Geographic

The best talent is not concentrated in just one city. It’s distributed.

And, the best companies have realized that if you want to access the top 1%, you have to look beyond borders.

Take one of our candidates, for example. He’s originally from Poland and works at Accenture, leading enterprise-wide initiatives for over 700,000 employees.

Some of his recent achievements:

• Led a global accessibility training campaign with a 95% completion rate
  

• Revamped an internal IT hub and drove 80% adoption in the first quarter
  

• Improved readiness by 20% during major tech transformation programs
  

• Reduced overhead by 30% by simplifying 25+ communication channels
  

• Worked directly with DEI teams to improve inclusion and accessibility

He does all of this remotely, across time zones, and across multiple cultures. He’s an enterprise operator executing at the level of the world’s largest firms.

This Isn’t Just About Saving Money

Yes, hiring globally can save you up to 70% on payroll. That’s real. But the bigger win is access to elite talent with global experience, cultural intelligence, and proven systems-level expertise inside Accenture, Deloitte, Amazon, and similar firms.

If trillion-dollar companies use globally distributed teams to stay competitive, it’s worth asking where your next strategic hub should be.

Hiring globally isn’t about replacing local talent. Trust me, we place amazing candidates in the U.S. every day.

But a global talent pool expands your access to the top 1%, wherever they are.

If you’re ready to meet global talent from the best teams on the planet, we can help. 

Reply to this email or Book a FREE call with our recruitment specialists, and they’ll walk you through it. 

Until next time,
Nathan