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Salesforce rewards local partner

Salesforce has rewarded those businesses that excelled in 2020, with the Partner of the year prize being awarded to the EXHA consultancy.
 
Robin Fisher, Senior area vice president for EMEA emerging markets Robin Fisher, Senior area vice president for EMEA emerging markets
 
Robin Fisher, senior area vice president for EMEA emerging markets, says there was ‘huge’ opportunity for partners in South Africa, and that there are 344 certified Salesforce skills in the country (up 40% year-on-year) holding about 981 credentials (an increase of 58% year-on-year). 
 
He adds that according to IDC, cloud computing annual subscriptions in South Africa will grow 29% annually, from $370 million in 2018, to $1.7 billion in 2024.
“Sub-Saharan Africa is a fast-growing market for Salesforce, boasting over 600 Bank to Cape Union Mart, Liberty and MultiChoice.”
 
IDC’s forecasts show a significant payback from investments in cloud computing out to 2024. But, spending on public cloud computing in South Africa will be less than 11% of spending on total IT – meaning there is massive growth opportunity for local cloud partners, he says.
 
The winners are:

Sales excellence SMB: CloudSmiths 
 
Recognises partners that are committed to growing the Salesforce footprint within small to medium-sized businesses, from one to a 100 employees.
 
Sales excellence enterprise: Deloitte Sales excellence enterprise: Deloitte
 
This award recognises partners that are committed to growing the Salesforce footprint within the commercial and enterprise markets.

Customer success: Bluesky Customer success: Bluesky
 
 
This is awarded to the partner that maintained a 4.3 customer success score throughout the year and demonstrated growth in building industry or cloud-based go-to-market-specialisations.
 
 
Outstanding Knowledge: BlueSky Outstanding Knowledge: BlueSky
Awarded to the partner that showed the most growth in number of credentials held from 2020 to 2021.

Partner of the year FY20: EXAH 
The award recognises partners that have proven their commitment to building a world-class Salesforce practice.

Community impact: Tetrad IT 
This is awarded to partners that dedicate time, money and resources to their local community, as measured through their enrolment in the Talent Alliance and Pledge 1% sustainability programmes.
 
Partner of the year FY20: EXAH Partner of the year FY20: EXAH