More than 250 people travelled from across the country to attend the two-day Zoho events in South Africa.

Zoho's annual user conference landed in South Africa on the 28th of November in Johannesburg and the 1st of December in Cape Town. Zoholics is a space where Zoho partners and customers can come together for training on all Zoho products, as well as engage in 1 on 1 sessions with product experts for a deeper understanding of the Zoho suite of apps. The goal behind the conference is to give users the resources and insights needed to take their business or team to the next level. 

What went down at Zoholics South Africa

The event spanned over 2 days in Cape Town and 2 days in Johannesburg and was attended by over 250 Zoho customers and partners. By providing two tracks of content throughout the day, attendees could choose which seminars they would like to attend, and there was no shortfall when it came to the amount of valuable information presented by each speaker. 

Day One featured a common track with sneak peeks, product announcements, customer case studies, with introductions into hidden features that enhance the user experience and workflow.

Day Two featured a deep-dive into specific Zoho products. With the content track split in two, track 1 focused on Marketing and HR platforms within the Zoho Suite where track 2 focused on the Business Operations and Sales  elements.

With excitement on everyone's face and an electric atmosphere the events kicked off with the Keynote speech presented by Ali Shabdar, the Regional Director for Zoho Middle East and Africa. There were so many great presenters but two that stood out were Zeeshan Panjwani, who spoke about "Hacking your job" and showcased ways in which hidden features within Zoho software such as the Zoho Annotator ability to take screenshots and record video can come in handy on a daily basis. Remya Nair, speaking on Zoho Creator and the ways in which you can automate your business process was an eye-opening seminar on the many features designed to simplify your life.

Key Takeaways From The Event

Over the course of the event, the ever present theme was automation and how new updates and features will drive the workflow process to a more automated system. Two main takeaways due to this were updates and features in the following areas:

DSL Telecom's Zoho Customer Presentations

DSL Telecom's Zoho Software clients RenEnergy and DPO Paygate presented testimonials on how Zoho attributed to the success of their daily operations. RenEnergy uses over 20 Zoho Software Applications but the core products they use are Zoho CRM, Zoho Books, and Zoho Inventory. 

What's next for Zoho

Towards the end of the event, Zoho pulled back the curtain on their roadmap showcasing all the exciting applications and events that are coming up within the next year. One of these exciting announcements is a Zoholics Event in Durban that will be happening in August of 2023, this comes after plans were mentioned of Zoho opening offices right here in Johannesburg South Africa within the first quarter of 2023. 

We Made Our Customers Happy

We Won Some Epic Awards

Working with incredible partners has encouraged phenomenal growth throughout the year, so we were excited to close the year with being named the top performing Liquid Intelligent Technologies business partner and the Zoho Partner of the year in MEA region. It is a great honour for us to be rewarded such wonderful awards and be recognised by our partners for our tireless efforts. This would of course not be possible without the support of our exceptional team, they are truly the best in the industry.

We Renovated For Success

When the team grows, the office space needs to grow, right? We expanded our office space and renovated it into a beautiful, modern space complete with an open atmosphere and zero partitions to encourage creativity and connectivity.  An added benefit of the newly renovated office space are the meeting pods that were installed to host meetings with our clients online as well as the numerous boardrooms to host face-face meetings. 

We Participated in Some Major Zoho Events

As with every year, we attended the Zoho annual meet-ups and Zoholics conference. We can safely say that these events aren't only fun but also a great learning experience for both our teams and our customers.

We Hosted DSL Telecom Team Meet-Ups

Earlier this year, we hosted a DSL Telecom Padel Tennis Tournament to encourage team collaboration and fun competition but most importantly to connect with our colleagues on a more personal level. We dressed up, we spectated, we laughed, we hit, we missed and we had fun. Our year then ended on the red carpet with a Hollywood-themed celebration. We awarded our top performers and got the opportunity to celebrate all that we have achieved as a team and as a company.

That's a wrap 2022