The combined expertise, experience, and insights of the SAP ecosystem and partner network lead to better solutions for our customers. As an SAP partner, you can tap into resources that will help you grow and maximize business results. When you join our partner network, you gain access to more than 30 years of experience spanning 25 industry segments.

Benefits of becoming an SAP partner include:

• Access and exposure to SAP's customer base
• Entry into a collaborative environment where partners support one another and work toward greater customer success
• Access to our partner-only portals for product, marketing, sales, and competitive information
• Sales and marketing assistance
• Technical support
• Participation in SAP events

Partnering with SAP puts the strength of one of the most successful, respected software brands behind you. After joining one of SAP's nine partner categories, you'll interact with many professionals locally and globally in our ecosystem.

Our channel manager program ensures that each partner receives appropriate SAP support resources, including sales, marketing, and business planning assistance, specific business opportunities, online collaboration tools, and technical support. We are dedicated to ensuring that our partners have tools and information to succeed.

Partner Categories

Companies can collaborate with SAP Africa in one of the following categories:

• Service Partners – These Partners support SAP customers with consulting services for implementation of SAP products, the integration of SAP with existing systems, optimisation of the business processes in operation, and strategic business consulting.
• Technology Partners – Leading international vendors of technology in the hardware platform, databases, storage systems, networks, and mobile computing areas support development of the technology base of SAP Business Suite solutions.
• Software Partners – Software Partners are companies that provide SAP customers with third party software products and services that add value to the SAP Business Suite solution. Seamless integration of partner interfaces with SAP software products increases the scope of a customer's solution.
• Hosting Partners – Partners in this category provide SAP solutions via a hosted services platform offering the lowest cost of ownership. To achieve this goal and evolve optimal hosting solutions for customers, cooperation with Partners is a key success factor for SAP. Customers benefit from this cooperation by being able to get turnkey solutions and services. They can achieve lowest cost of operation and implementation and can profit from standardised service packages. The partner benefits from new business opportunities and a "best-of-breed" hosting platform.
• Education Partners – Partners with an Education enablement service offering to SAP customers to facilitate and manage successful adoption with long term sustainability. These partners work alongside SAP to jointly provide results in the local market.

Whether you're looking to increase your customer base, develop your market, or collaborate with other industry leaders, becoming an active partner in the SAP ecosystem is your first step toward success.

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