Last week Friday Lenovo held the 2022 edition of its Channel Awards, announcing 27 winners for the Southern Africa region and acknowledging the top performing distributors, partners and resellers for the company’s local network.
The event was also held to highlight Lenovo’s channel partners in supporting and delivering on key digital transformation projects in South Africa and the SADC region.
Like many other technology companies, the 2022 Channel Awards paid a special tribute to David Kan, an industry executive and key member of the the Mustek Group, who passed away earlier in the year.
“Amongst his many achievements, Kan led the development of the country’s First PC Assembly Plant in South Africa,” Lenovo noted in a press release sent to Hypertext.
As for the winners, the 27 companies and individuals announced last week by Lenovo were:
- DG Relationship SADC Partner of the Year: Channel IT;
- IDG Relationship partner of the Year: TCM;
- IDG Reseller New Comer of the Year: BSN Technical Services;
- ISG Silver Partner of the Year: Sizwe Africa IT Group;
- IDG Gold Partner of the Year: Graylink Media;
- ISG Gold Partner of the Year: Edgetec Systems (Pty) Ltd;
- IDG Platinum Tier 2 Platinum Partner of the Year: Computron World;
- IDG Platinum Partner of the Year: TCM;
- ISG Platinum Partner of the Year: Datacentrix;
- IDG Commercial SADC Partner of the Year: NCR Angola;
- ISG SADC partner of the Year: Green Enterprise Solutions;
- ISG Distributor of the Year: First Distribution;
- IDG Service Partner of the Year: Carerra Holdings;
- ISG Service Partner of the Year: TCM;
- IDG Consumer Value Added Partner of the Year: Omni Digital;
- IDG Consumer SADC Partner of the Year: In Shark Investments;
- IDG Consumer Retailer of the Year: IC;
- IDG Gaming Partner of the Year: Evetech;
- ISG Champion of the Year: Sifiso Mohlala;
- ISG Product Manager of the Year: Ketan Jarvis Susan Davies;
- IDG Service Champion of the Year: Walter Pieterse from Evernex;
- IDG Consumer Champion of the Year: Calvin Naidoo;
- IDG Commercial Champion of the Year: Samatha Cook;
- IDG Consumer Distributor of the Year: Mustek;
- IDG Commercial Distributor of the Year: Drive Control;
- Industry Executive of the Year: Jenny and Neil Rex.
“The last couple of years presented real challenges for our industry and our partners have never skipped a beat. They pivoted fast, helping customers solve many challenges created by a newly distributed workforce. We have always recognised all our channel partners as an extension of our own Lenovo teams,” emphasised GM for Southern Africa, Yugen Naidoo.
“Within these partnerships we can ensure that our customers receive the services they need. We know that these key strategic partners are fundamental to our own success. For this reason, we are absolutely thrilled to recognise the dedication and amazing work that each one of them has achieved and we applaud them for their excellent service delivery,” he added.
With the company reiterating its commitment to the local channel with its recently announced Lenovo 360 platform, it looks like it will be strengthening its relationships moving forward.
