SAP launches first Co-Innovation Lab in Africa

Software solutions company SAP has launched its first Co-Innovation Lab (COIL) in Johannesburg, being a first for Africa.

COIL has been created in order to create collaboration between SAP, software partners and entrepreneurs.

“We are committed to provide the Digital Platform, leveraging IoT, Big Data, a Digital Core, Cloud Computing and Business Networks to enable capabilities relevant to growth in Africa,” said managing director of SAP Africa Brett Parker in a press release.

“We are confident that the introduction of the first African SAP Co-Innovation Lab, with its ability to enable and, tangibly showcase the innovation and inventions by Africans, for Africans, will enable us to continue to improve lives through practical solutions, increase skills development,” says executive vice president of LoB digital assets and iOT at SAP SE, Dr. Tanja Rueckert.

“Ultimately the goal is to contribute to job creation by stimulating and driving entrepreneurship across the continent.”

The first COIL was launched in Palo Alto in 2007. Since then, more branches have opened in the US, Brazil, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, India, Singapore, China, and South Korea.