Softline VIP, part of Softline and Sage Group of South, a leading global supplier of business software and related services, is currently operational in 10 African countries that include Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, Malawi, Angola, Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe and the DRC, with further developments in the pipeline. They have launched a new VIP offering in the majority of the countries in order help facilitate payroll. Nairobi, Kenya is home to Softline VIP Payroll's latest office that will be functioning as a central office for VIP's East African operations. VIP Payroll opened the office to provide functional offices and training facilities to the operatives in the country. “Kenya boasts a growing economy that is eager to embrace innovative technology and processes. There is no clear market leader operational in the Kenyan payroll sector, which provides a golden opportunity for VIP Payroll to grow and develop,” says Sandra Swanepoel, Director of Softline VIP Payroll. Softline VIP embarked on a strong drive to expand its footprint into Africa at the start of 2010, fueled by a demand from its clients. “VIP Payroll is a known and trusted brand in South Africa that offers a bouquet of stable and dependable payroll and HR software systems that our clients are familiar and comfortable with. Many of our existing clients have extended their own business offerings into the African space and it makes business sense to simplify the process integration and governance of a multinational company using a single payroll application, reducing the perceived risk involved,” said Swanepoel. BM
