Software giant SAP has launched a 7-year plan to accelerate innovation and growth in Africa. In Africa, the German company counts more than 1,300 customers and manages operations in almost all the African nations. Robert Enslin, SAP spokesman and member of the executive board, has declared the company aims at unravelling the enormous potential of the whole continent. For this reason, most of the investment will be focussed on countries with recent astonishing performances such as Nigeria, Kenya, Angola and Morocco. The plan consists in supporting training initiatives to help young talents in the development of IT and business skills as well as assisting customers and partners in the creation of new employment opportunities. SAP Africa CEO Pfungwa Serima echoed this vision and added that the company successfully operates in the area for over 20 years so it will use its experience and knowledge of the territory to achieve this ambitious plan and make the best use of its USD 500 million investment. The main sectors where SAP will drive change and make an impact will be: energy, natural resources, utilities, public sector, financial services and telecommunications; it will also promote small and medium enterprises enhancement and launch the so called Skills for Africa Scholarship Programme to realise an open business ecosystem able to train the executives of tomorrow. gLAWcal Team LIBEAC project Wednesday, 19 November 2014 (Source: Humanipo)