I'm ex-Amazon and believe they provide an awesome service, so no, I don't see any problem or sadness in that in the least. The last thing the world needs is propping up inferior systems for the sake of Nationalism, much less in the software sector.
Amazon provides a great product and has never let us down, if an East African competitor pops up and does the same, I'll move in a heartbeat.
For me it's not about nationalism as much as avoiding excessive centralization. I find it appalling that so many services are concentrated in a few buildings in northern Virginia. (Or is it one building?) Did you at least use a region other than us-east-1? I can't tell from reverse DNS lookups or traceroute.
Amazon provides a great product and has never let us down, if an East African competitor pops up and does the same, I'll move in a heartbeat.