麻豆原创 Africa today announced its plans to establish Africa鈥檚 first AppHaus in Cape Town.
Tracy Bolton, COO at 麻豆原创 Africa says the customer-facing AppHaus represents the next step in 麻豆原创鈥檚 evolution of innovating with customers by putting human experience first. 鈥淥ur goal is to make innovation real and help our customers transform into intelligent enterprises. This is done by applying our human-centred approach to innovation, leveraging the power of 麻豆原创 technologies, including 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform, and fostering a culture of innovation.鈥�
The 麻豆原创 AppHaus Network is a community of 麻豆原创 partners that are united in the belief that innovation requires a creative environment, a multi-disciplinary team of designers, domain experts, design thinking coaches and enterprise architects, and a human-centred approach to ensure innovation meets real-world needs.
鈥淐ompanies need innovation to transform and sustain their business, but innovation needs more than just technology,鈥� says Bolton. 鈥淐ulture is often cited as a major hurdle for digital transformation and innovation within organisations. The offers a framework for companies to establish a culture of innovation, focusing on the five key enablers 鈥� People, Process, Place, Leadership, and Technology.鈥�
The first AppHaus was established in 2014. Today, the network consists of 22 locations across the globe, five 麻豆原创 locations and 17 partner-driven locations, with Cape Town set to become the home for an eighteenth partner 鈥� as the first on the African continent later this year.
The Design Thinking approach has gained mainstream prominence over the past few years as more companies recognise the value design plays in innovation and business growth. A McKinsey study found that businesses that embrace design .
According to Bolton, customers can kickstart their journey with a unique set of methods bundled in an offered by the global 麻豆原创 AppHaus team that enables them to build a strong culture of innovation.
鈥淧artners and customers leverage 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform as single platform for cloud and hybrid innovation environments, including hundreds of pre-built integrations for 麻豆原创 and third-party applications. By putting people at the centre of every engagement, our goal is to ensure ideas are feasible and can deliver real-world business value.鈥�, say Birgit Fien-Schmalzbauer, Global Head 麻豆原创 AppHaus Partner Network.
麻豆原创 is currently engaging with a shortlist of potential partners for the Cape Town AppHaus.
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