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Datacentrix shines with platinum performance at Lenovo partner awards for southern Africa

Johannesburg, 29 Aug 2025
From left to right: Yugen Naidoo, MD, Lenovo South Africa; Werner Schoeman, Relationship Sales Lead at Lenovo; Anle Els, Datacentrix Product Manager: End User Computing at Datacentrix; Tony de Sousa, Divisional Managing Director: Inland Technology Solutions and Security Solutions at Datacentrix; and Casey Lee Sundstrom, Marketing Manager at Lenovo.
From left to right: Yugen Naidoo, MD, Lenovo South Africa; Werner Schoeman, Relationship Sales Lead at Lenovo; Anle Els, Datacentrix Product Manager: End User Computing at Datacentrix; Tony de Sousa, Divisional Managing Director: Inland Technology Solutions and Security Solutions at Datacentrix; and Casey Lee Sundstrom, Marketing Manager at Lenovo.

Datacentrix, which positions itself as a leading provider of high-performing and secure ICT solutions, has been honoured with three prestigious awards at Lenovo’s recent partner awards event in South Africa, which recognised achievements across the broader SADC region and spanned the Intelligent Devices Group (IDG), Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG), Services and Solutions Group (SSG) and International Sales Organisation (ISO) lines of business.

A Lenovo Tier 1 Platinum Partner, Datacentrix was presented with several accolades from Lenovo, including IDG Platinum Tier 1 Partner of the Year once again. The company also achieved recognition for its global accounts, being named as International Sales Organisation Platinum Partner of the Year.

From left to right: Yugen Naidoo, MD, Lenovo South Africa; Werner Schoeman, Relationship Sales Lead at Lenovo; Anle Els, Datacentrix Product Manager: End User Computing at Datacentrix; and Casey Lee Sundstrom, Marketing Manager at Lenovo.
From left to right: Yugen Naidoo, MD, Lenovo South Africa; Werner Schoeman, Relationship Sales Lead at Lenovo; Anle Els, Datacentrix Product Manager: End User Computing at Datacentrix; and Casey Lee Sundstrom, Marketing Manager at Lenovo.

Said Anle Els, Datacentrix Product Manager: End User Computing: “These acknowledgments from Lenovo emphasise Datacentrix’s dedication to ongoing collaboration and innovation, as well as the trust held between the two companies. The three awards received this year really celebrate what has been an outstanding team effort from both Datacentrix and Lenovo, which continues to be a highly strategic partner for us and provides continued excellent support.”

Els herself was also honoured at the recent event, being named as Lenovo’s IDG Relationship Champion of the Year for the second year running.

From left to right: Yugen Naidoo, MD, Lenovo South Africa; Werner Schoeman, Relationship Sales Lead at Lenovo; Anle Els, Datacentrix Product Manager: End User Computing at Datacentrix; and Casey Lee Sundstrom, Marketing Manager at Lenovo.
From left to right: Yugen Naidoo, MD, Lenovo South Africa; Werner Schoeman, Relationship Sales Lead at Lenovo; Anle Els, Datacentrix Product Manager: End User Computing at Datacentrix; and Casey Lee Sundstrom, Marketing Manager at Lenovo.

She expressed her pride in Datacentrix’s enduring relationship with Lenovo: “We value our partnership with Lenovo as being foundational to Datacentrix’s success. These awards reaffirm not only the strength of Lenovo’s solutions, but also the shared vision between our teams in delivering measurable impact for customers across the region.”

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Datacentrix is a leading, African-born systems integrator and managed services provider that operates in Africa and the Middle East. The company’s mature portfolio incorporates intelligent hybrid cloud solutions, security services, data management and resource augmentation.

As an industry forerunner with a prominent track record since 1994, Datacentrix leverages advanced technologies to help customers realise smart operations, competitive advantage and strategic business outcomes. The company partners with its customers to reshape their organisations through technology, paving the way to a sustainable future in an artificially intelligent, data-driven world.

Datacentrix has a noteworthy empowerment history and has held a Level One Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Contributor rating since 2017. The company is 100% Black owned, 72.88% Black women owned and is esteemed as a Designated Supplier, which enables 135% procurement recognition for our customers.

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