SAP Africa has announced that after seven years of successfully leading and growing the Africa business, current CEO, Pfungwa Serima, has been promoted to the role Chairman of SAP Africa. As a result of this development, current SAP Southern Africa Managing...
In this brave new world of the Networked Economy, one adage rings truer than ever: no company is an island. Mobile, cloud, social media and machine-to-machine (M2M) technologies are creating connections between people and organisations in more ways than we...
July 8, 2014 •
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The promise of the connected world we live in is an alluring one. Someday, we will be healthier because our doctors will have access to all the data they need about our health. Our vehicles and appliances will monitor themselves and will let us know when it...
April 16, 2014 •
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Comments Off on SAP Africa appoints Francophone Africa MD
Gilles Lepretre has been appointed SAP Africa’s Managing Director for French-speaking Africa. The appointment comes at a time that sees the company driving significant growth in line with its 2014 goals for the region. In his new role, Gilles will lead...
March 12, 2014 •
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Comments Off on SAP unveils next step for the cloud
Customers can now benefit from both the power of the SAP HANA platform and the simplicity of the cloud. SAP AG announced next steps toward delivering on its cloud strategy during a press conference held from Palo Alto, California. Simplified...
The BMW Group has officially opened a BMW SAP Competence Hub in South Africa. Together with two other IT hubs, situated in the United States and India, the BMW SAP Competence Hub will render IT services worldwide, concentrating specifically on SAP-based...
On the heels of SAP Africa’s recent announcement of an agreement with the World Bank to consolidate skills development efforts in Africa, SAP Africa today announced that the first group of students, from Kenya, have successfully graduated from the Skills...
October 9, 2013 •
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Comments Off on World Bank, SAP jointly address skills development in Africa
SAP Africa, a subsidiary of SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), and the World Bank today announced their intention to develop a framework for collaboration on skills development. The document was signed by Pfungwa Serima, chief executive officer of SAP Africa, who is...
The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has experienced phenomenal growth over the last 12 years. Traffic through the port of Mombasa, East and Central Africa’s main maritime gateway, has increased by 7.4% per annum. In 2000, KPA realized traffic of 9.126...
July 22, 2013 •
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Comments Off on SAP’s suite deal for Swazi Sugar
On Monday 22 July global enterprise software solutions provider SAP introduced Royal Swazi Sugar Corporation (RSSC), the first SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA in Africa. The Swaziland-based company chose the solution with the goal to speed up...
July 19, 2013 •
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Comments Off on SAP fosters new hope for HIV/AIDS orphans in Africa
As part of its commitment to help the world run better and improve people’s lives, SAP AG has contributed technology and education-related donations to Young Heroes, a non-governmental organization (NGO) that supports HIV/AIDS orphans. This donation...
May 20, 2013 •
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Comments Off on SAP Africa rolls out Social Sabbatical programme
SAP today announced that it has been listed in Triple Pundit’s Top 10 Employee Engagement Strategies for its Social Sabbatical programme, whereby SAP’s most promising employees from across the globe support underserved communities in South Africa,...
April 19, 2013 •
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Comments Off on Ivory Coast firmly on SAP Africa’s expansion agenda
SAP has announced its commitment to the Ivory Coast as part of its Africa expansion strategy. The business management software solutions and services company will focus on the implementation of skills development and employability programs as part of its...
March 22, 2013 •
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Comments Off on Senegal’s ICT skills can help Africa grow, says SAP
SAP has reaffirmed its commitment to Senegal, applauding the country‘s superior ICT (information and communications technologies) skills that offer a significant pool of talent that could serve the entire region. The market leader in enterprise application...
January 30, 2013 •
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Comments Off on Real-time data means big ideas for African startups – SAP
SAP has launched the African leg of its global Big Data Startup Forum, an initiative through which it engages with local startup businesses with the intention to drive home the benefits of the SAP HANA platform for real-time analytics and applications....
June 4, 2009 •
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Comments Off on SAP SME tour draws to a close in Johannesburg
THE African leg of the SAP SME World Tour, drew to a conclusion in Johannesburg yesterday with more than 350 partners and customers attending the roadshow intended to demonstrate SAP’s capabilities in this market space...
