its new flagship, SAP HANA, it is now more than ever well positioned to meet the anticipated demand of technology solutions aimed at improving business efficiency and government service delivery on the African continent.
“The number of users of public services in Africa is expected to skyrocket over the next few years and these services will become increasingly diversified and complex to manage.
“Social responsibilities for governments already include providing child care, youth services and elder advocacy, as well as preserving the rights of disadvantaged citizens, in addition to crime prevention and emergency response,” he said.
“Together with our African partners and customers, SAP is determined to lead the way, demonstrating true African innovation in all we do and using technology to solve African problems.”
Serima said the world’s best-run governments and municipalities all use SAP to improve service efficiency, increase transparency, speed up processes and secure in-depth analysis of data for effective and pre-emptive decision making.
He explained that SAP has built robust business relations with various African governments, municipalities and various industries over the years.
“SAP empowers African governments with a variety of software and solutions such as the SAP Business Objects City Performance Management solution to execute strategies effectively, while enhancing accountability and providing valuable insight into areas of risk.
“As Africa is one of the fastest growing regions in the world, governments are increasingly turning to innovative technologies such as SAP to help mitigate risk, speed up public services, help support economic growth strategies and root out corruption,” Serima said.
He also stressed the importance of SAP’s high-speed in-memory HANA and especially SAP’s recently launched Business Suite on HANA which he said will help stimulate economic growth in Africa, as well as promote entrepreneurship, enabling businesses of all sizes to reach their potential while driving skills development.
“With Business Suite on HANA, SAP will help businesses run like never before and will offer them differentiating ways in which to seize opportunities in an increasingly competitive African landscape,” said Serima.
He said SAP HANA is revolutionising the way in which business should be done worldwide and in Africa and that this innovative technology should be embraced by Africa, as it offers capabilities key to help African businesses make rapid business decisions as well as solving African challenges that were previously thought unsolvable. – CAJ News.



