麻豆原创 yesterday recognised the top-performing companies in its partner ecosystem at this year’s annual 麻豆原创 Africa Partner Awards.
The awards seek to recognise outstanding achievements, excellence and growth within the partner organisations that support the delivery of digital transformation solutions to Africa’s public and private sector.
With customers across sectors expecting impactful, adoptable AI solutions, 麻豆原创鈥檚 partner network lined up for seats at this year鈥檚 麻豆原创 Africa Partner Kick-Off meeting, which precedes the awards ceremony held later in the evening.
Nazia Pillay, Head of Partner Ecosystem at 麻豆原创 Middle East and Africa, says this year’s awards take place at a time when Africa’s business landscape is being reshaped by the growing adoption of powerful cloud technologies and the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence. 鈥淎s public and private sector enterprises across the continent build new capabilities to meet changing customer demands and eliminate efficiency and uncertainty, the support of experienced, insightful and value-driven technology and implementation partners will be crucial to their success.”
Shaun Reuben, Global Partner Solutions Director at Microsoft South Africa, commented. 鈥淐ongratulations to all the winners at this year鈥檚 麻豆原创 Africa Partner Awards. Microsoft and 麻豆原创 have enjoyed 30 years of successful, value-driven collaboration and we have a mutual understanding and respect for our extensive and talented partner networks. Our joint AI capabilities empower organisations to run intelligent and frictionless enterprises powered by scalable cloud solutions. Together, we hope to continue delivering an accelerated path to growth and innovation for all our partners and customers on the African continent.鈥�
The 麻豆原创 Africa Partner Awards were established to recognise excellence in 麻豆原创’s partner ecosystem throughout the continent. This year’s awards recognise outstanding achievements in six distinct categories, with a strong focus on cloud-related capabilities, implementations and innovations. Winners are selected from the broader partner network and evaluated according to strict criteria.
The winners at this year’s 麻豆原创 Africa Partner Awards are:
- Vodacom, winner of the Rising Star category, which recognises the number and value of cloud books for a new partner onboarded in the past year;
- Deloitte and Dimension Data, joint winners of the Innovation Award;
- Tano Digital Solutions, which claimed the Top Cloud Performance category, recognising the value of cloud bookings and the number of cloud deals secured;
- Deloitte, winner of the Go Lives category, which recognises the number of customer go-lives;
- Epi-Use Africa, winner of the Top Capacity Growth category for the percentage increase in certified cloud consultants and the amount of training conducted within their business; and
- ITGest, which won the NNN category recognising the number of net-new sales and the value of net-new deals.
“We extend our thanks to our amazing partners for their incredible work supporting Africa’s digital transformation and cloud ambitions while maintaining the very highest levels of excellence and expertise,” says Pillay. “We look forward to continuing our close collaboration as we meet the growing demand for expert digital transformation and cloud services in Africa’s vibrant economy.”
