(Freetown, Sierra Leone) – August 11th, 2007 – AccessPoint Africa Inc. (APA)
announced today it has achieved Select Certification from Cisco®. The Select Certification, a new certification level in the award-winning Cisco Channel Partner
Program, recognizes Cisco channel partners whose primary focus is on the small and
medium-sized business (SMB) market.
To earn Select Certification, APA fulfilled the training and exam requirements of the new SMB Specialization, demonstrating that the company has invested in achieving the sales and technical skills needed to deliver integrated network solutions tailored for the SMB
market. APA also met the personnel, training, and post-sales support requirements set forth by Cisco.
“The Cisco Select Certification was created in response to customer demand for channel partners to be capable of designing and implementing Cisco SMB-specific solutions,"said Edison Peres, vice president and chief go-to-market officer for Worldwide Channels
at Cisco. “With the Select Certification, APA has secured the training, skills and knowledge to play a pivotal role in meeting this increasing demand of SMB customers.”
“As the only locally based Cisco Select partner in the MANO River Union, APA is now uniquely positioned to continue delivering exceptional solutions at affordable prices that are tailor-made to suit a particular client’s needs. “ Conrad Coyanda-Parkzes, APA - President/ CEO.
The Cisco Channel Partner Program provides state-of-the-art technical and sales training to help Select Certified Partners increase their ability to deliver services related to Cisco SMB solutions and maximize their customers’ productivity.
As a Cisco Select Certified Partner, APA earns several benefits: It may use the Cisco Certified mark to validate the company’s SMB expertise; acquire demonstration equipment and training; benefit from specialized business and technical training built from the ground up for SMB, access to Cisco Incentive programs, and be listed in the Cisco Partner Locator.
About APA APA provides business, data networking, and telecommunications solutions to enterprise customers and network service providers, addressing both the business and technical aspects of their data and voice infrastructures. The company is a high-end network
professional services and telecommunications organization furnishing Internet MultiService solutions for the transport of voice, video, and data over contemporary networks. APA supplies expertise beginning with requirements definition, through solutions implementation, into continued operations, management and training. The company employs an open service delivery methodology, supported by operational,
tested vendor frameworks.
Press Contact:
Vickie Remoe-Doherty
AccessPoint Africa Inc.
Vickie@apafrica.com
