Zoho, a global technology company, has said it grew its business by 50 per cent in Nigeria last year and also partnered StartupSouth, a startup ecosystem with focus on the South-south and South-east regions, in order to provide support for startups in the regions, with plans to extend same support to startups in other regions.
Zoho will also be providing its contract management solution, Zoho Contracts, free of charge for three months to help businesses improve compliance to the Nigeria Data Protection Law.
Zoho made the information known on the sidelines of Zoholics Nigeria, the company’s annual user conference, held at Lagos at the weekend.
Speaking during the Zoholics Nigeria 2023 conference, the Regional Director, MEA at Zoho, Ali Shabdar, said: “Our growth is a direct result of Nigerian businesses embracing cloud technology, especially unified platforms, to digitally transform and build resilience to adapt to challenging market conditions. Zoho’s unified technology stack, built from the ground up, allows us to meet such transformation needs of businesses with robust solutions that deliver consistently seamless user experiences at unbeatable value.”
According to him, Zoho’s growth in Nigeria is primarily driven by adoption of Zoho One, the operating system for business, and Zoho Workplace, a unified enterprise collaboration platform. Additionally, Zoho CRM Plus (unified customer experience platform), Zoho Books (accounting software), and Zoho Desk (helpdesk software) are the other top-selling products in the country. Zoho also grew its partner network by 22 per cent and more than doubled its employee count in 2022 in Nigeria to reinforce its local presence and better serve the customers.
Country Head, Zoho Nigeria, Kehinde Ogundare, said: “Our transnational localism strategy of being locally rooted while staying globally connected is also key to our growth in Nigeria as we are able to serve our customers directly with our locally hired teams in Lagos. Zoho is also one of the few vendors in Nigeria today that continues to provide their offerings in Naira, thereby protecting businesses from the fluctuating dollar rates, and ensuring that enterprise technology remains accessible to businesses of all sizes. Our partnership with StartupSouth and the special offer on Zoho Contracts, are further steps that underscore our commitment to serve the business community in the region.”
