SAP has announced plans to develop its first African AppHaus in Cape Town.
For those unfamiliar with the AppHaus Network, it is a community of SAP partners that are focused on cultivating innovation in a creative environment, as well as leveraging a multi-disciplinary team of designers, domain experts, design thinking coaches and enterprise architects.
The first AppHaus was established in 2014 and as of today, the network consists of 22 locations across the globe. This is split between five SAP locations and 17 partner-driven locations, with Cape Town set to become the 18th, along with being the first on the African continent later this year.
At the time of writing, no specific date this year has been mentioned by SAP, but its Africa COO Tracy Bolton, says the AppHaus represents the next step in company’s evolution of innovating with customers.
“Our goal is to make innovation real and help our customers transform into intelligent enterprises. This is done by applying our human-centred approach to innovation, leveraging the power of SAP technologies, including SAP Business Technology Platform, and fostering a culture of innovation,” she explains in a press release sent to Hypertext.
“Companies need innovation to transform and sustain their business, but innovation needs more than just technology. Culture is often cited as a major hurdle for digital transformation and innovation within organisations. The SAP AppHaus concept offers a framework for companies to establish a culture of innovation, focusing on the five key enablers – People, Process, Place, Leadership, and Technology,” she adds.
SAP says that it is currently engaging with a shortlist of potential partners for the Cape Town AppHaus, although have been disclosed at this stage, but for more information on what the network will offer when it arrives in Cape Town, the company directs people here.
