As market leader in enterprise application software, SAP (NYSE: SAP) helps companies of all sizes and industries run better. Founded in 1972, SAP (which stands for "Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing") has a rich history of innovation and growth as a true industry leader. Today, SAP has sales and development locations in more than 50 countries worldwide. SAP applications and ser
vices enable more than 109,000 customers worldwide to operate profitably, adapt continuously and grow sustainably. Within Africa, SAP has been highly successful in providing the benefits of its business application software. Over 200 customers, including many of Africa's prominent enterprises, effectively run their operations on the SAP software, using best business practices from around the globe. The success of these installations is primarily due to the partnerships that SAP Africa has enjoyed with its customers, partnerships that will continue as these customers move to take advantage of the Internet age. SAP Africa has become synonymous with innovation within the SAP world, with several key global initiatives being driven from the African continent. Perhaps the most critical of these is the role based education initiative, a core education project focusing on enabling continuous leveraging of business benefits following implementation of the SAP solution. Indeed, the concept of role based education was established through the joint efforts of SAP Africa and its customers, with the subsidiary being named as official SAP curriculum development factory for the initiative. In addition, SAP's first role based education partner world-wide was South African firm, CS Computer Services - a move which demonstrates SAP Africa's commitment to develop and drive new SAP education initiatives through the deployment of enhanced educational solutions. SAP Africa is also heavily involved in SAP's Continuous Business Improvement (CBI) initiative, forming part of the ValueSAP/CBI review committee. This initiative seeks to provide organisations with a framework for continuous value delivery, enabling true value generation in the e-community while leveraging off existing business solutions investments.
