Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today announced its fiscal year 2020 awards for top-performing channel partners in the Middle East and Africa.
The annual awards recognize partners for their significant sales achievements, initiatives that grow their own and Sophos’ business, and a commitment to adding value to customers.
“As cyber threats increase in volume and sophistication, it’s critical that frontline channel partners are armed with the industry’s best cybersecurity solutions, technical expertise, and deep knowledge of the changing threat landscape to best secure their customers,” said Harish Chib, Vice President Middle East and Africa at Sophos. “This year’s winners are unsung heroes who have clearly differentiated themselves as trusted security advisors, and we’re thrilled to recognize their success.”
Sophos is a 100% channel-focused business that helps partners secure organizations with next-generation cybersecurity solutions. Every year, Sophos recognizes partners across the Middle East and Africa that went above and beyond to sell Sophos’ solutions, including synchronized security, and developed a deeper level of expertise to strengthen customer defenses against cyberattacks.
Sophos 2020 Africa Partner Award Winners
West Africa
Distributor of the Year – Mart Networks Limited; Emerging Distributor of the Year – Link@Ghana; Partner of the Year – Reliance Infosystems; Emerging Partner of the Year – Genesol (GH) Ltd; Synchronized Security Partner of the Year – ATB; Cloud Partner of the Year – Reliance Infosystems.
North Africa
Distributor of the Year – Config MAROC; Emerging Distributor of the Year –Software Productivity Group; Partner of the Year – SOLTIC; Emerging Partner of the Year – MODCOD and Synchronized Security Partner of the Year – FINATECH.
SADC – South Africa
SME/ Mid-Market Distributor of the Year 2020 – Duxbury Networking; MSP Distributor of the Year 2020 – First Distribution; Upcoming Partner of the Year 2020 – AVeS Cybersecurity; MSP Partner of the Year 2020 – PM&A; Top Partner – SADC AFRICA Region 2020 – Datategra
East Africa
Distributor of the Year – Mart Networks Kenya Ltd; Emerging Distributor of the Year – Mart Network Solutions Ltd – Ethiopia; Partner of the Year – Emerging Communications Ltd; Emerging Partner of the Year – Konvergenz Network Solutions; Synchronized Security Partner of the Year – Cloudsense Ltd and Cloud Partner of the Year – BusinessIT Afrika Ltd.
As a worldwide leader in next-generation cybersecurity, Sophos protects more than 400,000 organizations of all sizes in more than 150 countries from today’s most advanced cyber threats. Powered by SophosLabs – a global threat intelligence and data science team – Sophos’ cloud-native and AI-powered solutions secure endpoints (laptops, servers, and mobile devices) and networks against evolving cyberattack techniques, including ransomware, malware, exploits, data exfiltration, active-adversary breaches, phishing, and more.