Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 58 | Page 12

NEWS

SAP names Mohammed Samy as managing director for Egypt

An Egyptian national with more than 20 years of experience in the Middle East in successfully growing the technology sector , Samy ’ s primary focus will be to help Egyptian customers innovate and run their businesses at their best . In his role , he will accelerate SAP ’ s presence and in-country knowledge of best practices , while contributing to business sustainability and Egypt ’ s Digital Transformation .
“ It is a great honour to have the opportunity to contribute to Egypt ’ s development and to Digital Transformation across different sectors and domains ,” said Samy . “ We will leverage SAP ’ s unrivalled industry competence , innovations and technologies and spare no efforts to ensure that Egypt ’ s development and economic growth goals are achieved and surpassed .”
Mohammed Samy , Managing Director , SAP Egypt

Mohammed Samy has been named as the new managing director for SAP Egypt . Samy replaces Hoda Mansour who has been promoted to head of Business Process Intelligence ( BPI ) for SAP Europe , Middle East and Africa .

Under Mansour ’ s leadership , SAP completely transformed its position in the Egyptian market , working closely with the government , private sector and start-ups to support Egypt ’ s Vision 2030 .
“ It was a privilege to lead SAP in Egypt for more than three years ,” said Mansour . “ In my new role , covering 75 countries , Egypt will continue to be a focus for me , leveraging the country ’ s digital leadership .”

iiDENTIFii wins Microsoft South Africa 2021 ISV Partner of the Year award

Biometric digital authentication and automated onboarding technology solution provider , iiDENTIFii , recently added another accolade to its growing list of awards after it was named as the New or Emerging Independent Software Vendor ( ISV ) Partner of the Year in the Microsoft South Africa Partner of the Year 2021 Awards .

The awards recognise the contributions from the Microsoft Partner community . It follows iiDENTIFii ’ s recent Best Enterprise Solution award at the MTN Business App of the Year Awards and finalist placing in the KPMG Private Enterprise Tech Innovator Africa Awards , in addition to previously winning the Digital Innovation Award at the Sunday Times Top 100 Company Awards .
Being named as the New or Emerging ISV Partner of the Year , iiDENTIFii has been acknowledged and recognised in South Africa as an exciting new partner with its world-leading solution that biometrically authenticates and digitally onboards individuals into secure environments in under 30 seconds .
Lance Fanaroff , Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer , iiDENTIFii , said the team at iiDENTIFii combines the company ’ s leading technology with a winning solution , but the partnership with Microsoft has ensured that the company has continued to succeed .
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