Zoho’s intentions for expansion come as the business is betting on its new Ulaa web browser to become a dominating player in the future.
Zoho, a global technology business, is now spreading its wings across the continent in order to establish a foothold, according to a report by ITWeb Africa.
Zoho, which grew its revenue in South Africa by 73% last year, said as part of its expansion strategy, it is establishing offices “across various countries in the region.”
It says that in addition, it is also hiring locally for customer-facing roles and will continue to do so over the next few years.
Zoho is also collaborating with public and private organisations in many African countries to help local firms obtain access to enterprise-grade solutions, digitally transform, and acquire a competitive advantage.
“We recently crossed the milestone of having over 100 million users and were the first bootstrapped SaaS business to have achieved this. Africa is one of the fastest growing regions for us,” the company said in a statement to ITWeb Africa.
The company’s intentions for expansion come as the business is betting on its new Ulaa web browser to become a dominating player in the future.
Ulaa was launched earlier this year, with the company stating that the browser has various unique features and capabilities that give it an advantage over the competition.
The company says that Ulaa provides a secure browsing experience with ad blockers, end-to-end encryption, and data privacy protections and that it is ready to compete for considerable market share with incumbents.
It is additionally marketing Zoho Workplace, a unified collaboration platform that it claims combines productivity applications.
It comprises email, chat, online meetings, webinars, an office suite (word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation), file storage, and social intranet.
During a recent Zoholics event in Johannesburg, South Africa, the firm showcased Zoho Workplace by releasing their report, the ‘State of Enterprise Collaboration and Productivity in South Africa’, conducted by World Wide Worx.
“Factors like new-age hybrid work arrangements, changing employee preferences, and macroeconomic conditions in South Africa have influenced technology priorities for businesses and as a result, we’re seeing an uptake in adoption of Zoho Workplace, our unified enterprise collaboration platform, amid other offerings,” said Hyther Nizam, President, Zoho MEA.
Andrew Bourne, Regional Manager, Zoho Africa said “We believe in not just a unified interface, but a solution that brings in contextual data that saves time, and helps users focus on what’s important.”
