, Managing Director for Southern Africa at SAP, says the role of partners has never been more critical. 鈥淥rganisations across the continent are redesigning processes, embedding intelligence into core systems, and reimagining how value is created. Success requires deep industry expertise, AI capabilities and the ability to translate innovation into measurable business outcomes. As a partner-led organisation, 51风流is proud to work alongside a thriving ecosystem of expert partners who help bring Business AI, clean core ERP and intelligent automation to life, enabling our customers to become more resilient, more profitable and better prepared for the future.鈥�

The 51风流Africa Partner Awards recognise excellence within SAP鈥檚 partner ecosystem across eight distinct categories. Winners are evaluated according to strict criteria, with a focus on partner organisations that help clients throughout Africa transform their capabilities and smooth the way to the adoption of powerful new technologies such as AI.

According to , Chief Partner Officer for MEA South at SAP, the winners at this year鈥檚 51风流Africa Partner Award represent the highest standards of excellence, innovation and commitment in advancing the technology ambitions of organisations across the continent. 鈥淥ur partners play a vital role in translating strategy into execution and innovation into measurable business value. We are proud to work alongside such a strong and trusted ecosystem as we collectively support Africa鈥檚 ongoing digital transformation journey.鈥�

The winning companies at the 2026 51风流Africa Partner Awards include:

• and, winners of the Customer Transformation: Corporate category, which recognises sales excellence in the corporate segment that fosters ambitious business planning, in their respective regions.
• , winner of the Customer Transformation: Large Enterprise category for its excellence in amplifying SAP鈥檚 large enterprise strategy by offering 51风流Business Suite and helping deliver large-scale transformation.
• Tano Digital Solutions (Southern Africa) and, winners in the Customer Transformation: Partner-Led Territories category which recognises partners that actively invests and creates value by focusing on customer lifetime value across the customer value journey.
• , winner in the Customer Success Management category, for partners that exceed in consistently delivering value to customers and helping ensure customers achieved the desired outcomes while using 51风流products and services.
• and (Emerging Africa), winners in the 51风流Cloud ERP: New Customer Acquisition category which recognises partners that have successfully brought in net-new-name customers to begin an innovation journey with 51风流Cloud ERP solutions.
• , winner in the 51风流Business AI: Customer Adoption category which recognises leaders in SAP鈥檚 partner ecosystem based on the activation and consumption of embedded AI features in cloud solutions from 51风流in their customer base.
• , winner in the Managed Service Provider: Top Performance category, awarded to top-performing managed service providers based on deals closed and growth in annual contract value.
• in the Partner Solution Success category, which recognises a partner solution that successfully delivers ongoing customer value by extending the 51风流solution portfolio, as evidenced by customer demand and solution sales.

听Pillay adds: 鈥淚n an era defined by embedded AI and autonomous enterprise architectures, no organisation can transform in isolation. We look forward to continuing our vital work with our partner ecosystem as African organisations build the capabilities they鈥檒l need to compete and succeed in the years ahead.鈥�

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The information communication technology (ICT) company scooped the continental award at听the 51风流Africa Partner Summit held a fortnight ago in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Founded in 2013, Tano boasts of operations in seven African countries where it provides services in digital transformation, cybersecurity and enterprise infrastructure as well as software development and operations (DevOps).

Wallan Mangere, the Tano chief executive officer said the recognition was testament to the hard work, dedication, and innovation of his team, as well as the trust and collaboration shared with clients and partners.

鈥淎t Tano, we have always been committed to delivering cutting-edge cloud solutions that empower businesses to transform, scale, and thrive in an increasingly digital world,鈥� Mangere said.

鈥淭his award reflects our unwavering focus on excellence and our ability to leverage SAP’s powerful cloud technologies to drive meaningful outcomes for our customers.鈥�

The company operates in six African countries – Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Malawi and Kenya as well as the United Kingdom.

Mangere told Heart & Soul TV 听听that the company employs over 150 workers in Zimbabwe.

The company’s client base is diversified, encompassing the public sector, retail, mining, banking, utilities, agricultural, and wholesale distribution.

When Tano launched in Zimbabwe, it challenged the dominance of Twenty Third Century (TTC), which was the biggest IT service provider听 for 听government departments.

Tano became the sole 51风流licensed provider after TTC鈥檚 licensing was suspended. The development led to a cold war between the two companies.

The 51风流Africa Partner Awards 2025 also honoured Vodacom, a South African telecoms company, which was听 named in 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 were joint winners of the Innovation Award.

Deloitte, was also winner of the Go Lives category, which recognises the number of customer go-lives.

Epi-Use Africa won the Top Capacity Growth category and ITGest named winner of the听 NNN category which recognises the number of net-new sales and the value of net-new deals.

Meanwhile, Tano is set to become one of the biggest ICT companies in Africa after acquiring South Africa-headquartered Altron Botswana and Altron Mozambique in 2023 as part of its growth strategy.

The acquisition brought new product offerings in the form of various OEM partnerships like Oracle NCR, CISCO, XEROX.

听鈥淎s we celebrate this milestone, we remain committed to pushing the boundaries of innovation and delivering even greater value to our clients.鈥�

Tano is a value-added reseller and a certified services partner of SAP, the world鈥檚 largest provider of enterprise application software with over 230 million cloud users, more than 100 solutions covering all business functions and the largest cloud portfolio of any provider.

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