SAP Africa appoints new Marketing Director 2010

Johannesburg — SAP Africa has announced the appointment of Mncedisi Mayekiso to the position of Marketing Director. Mayekiso assumed his new position from January 2010 and in this role, he is responsible for driving a strategic marketing operations unit that will further build the SAP brand as a top ICT provider across the African continent.

“The best run businesses globally run SAP, and our goal is to partner with governments, businesses and communities across Africa to use our technologies in accelerating socio-economic development; enabling service delivery, business growth and bridging the digital divide,” says Mayekiso.

His most recent role was as Executive Director, Marketing at Faritec Holdings, where he was responsible for designing and implementing the marketing strategy as well as leading the brand development of the Faritec Group and its subsidiaries. Prior to Faritec, Mayekiso was the Executive Director for Business Development at Enterprise Connection.

He has previously also held potions as Partner Sales Manager at Microsoft SA, and Product Marketing Manager at IBM SA. Pfungwa Serima, MD of SAP Africa, says: “Mayekiso comes to us with an impressive track record as a senior marketing professional with extensive management and strategy experience, and I am convinced that he will add tremendous value to our business.”

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