60% of Angolan and Cape Verdean SMEs have management software – Computerworld Portugal

Applications manufacturers dominate, with the spring to lead, according to IDC data

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The business management software deployment values ​​do not vary between the IDC data on the Angola market and of Cape Verde. Nearly 60% of the SMEs of the two countries have adopted business applications.

Among the large companies, the penetration of these applications is naturally higher, reaching 76%. Mozambique clashes with the rate for SMEs to stay in the 43% and the degree of total business sector to reach the 48%.

The data yielded by the spring indicate the field of applications produced in Portugal, with that manufacturer to lead those countries with total quota of 34% in Angola and Cape Verde and 23% in Mozambique.

The PMR is stated in both countries as the vendor with more ground, with a share of 3% , away from the first but very close third, PHC and Excitos, 2% holders each. This gain more share in Mozambique with 8% of the market.

The non-Portuguese manufacturer with the largest presence is the Sage, in the universe of the three countries, with 9% in each market. In these terms, is equivalent to Oracle in the segment of large companies in Mozambique with 14%.

In Angola, in the same range of 100 companies, SAP is the dominating (after the spring) with 13 % share. The Cape Verdean market is the same, also highlighting the share of 8% of Excitos.

“The weight of the African market is increasingly significant in volume Spring business, “says José Dionysus.

According to a statement from the spring, its solutions are used by organizations such as the Acticon, Cuca, Griner, De Beers, Score Media and KPMG in Angola. And by Vale, DHL, Galp Energia, Visabeira Group, WaterAid and Africom in Mozambique. The Cape Verdean archipelago, have deployment in the stock market, the Post Office, Electra, Inpharma and Radio Television.

“The weight of the African market is increasingly significant in the volume of the spring business, that reinforces our investment strategy in the technological modernization and sophistication of management processes in Angola, Mozambique and Cape Verde, “said José Dionisio, co-CEO of Spring.

The company is present in Portugal , Spain, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Sao Tome and Principe and UAE, currently has about 40,000 customers.

The international activity of the company contributed 8.3 million euros to the total turnover achieved in 2014, representing a 45% weight and an increase of 14% over the previous year.