Bonjour Africa: how language can make for a more popular ERP solution

Expanding into Africa? Many growing companies are and when they do so, the first real tests of their enterprise resource planning solutions start to take place. Among those tests is the ability for the system to work in multiple currencies, across different time zones and in areas where connectivity just isn’t all that great. And there is one more major test, too – language. That’s because an ERP system which is able to ‘speak’ to the user in their preferred tongue is bound to be more popular.

With any enterprise system, the ease with which it can be understood is a major factor in user acceptance. When your company expands to the DRC, Angola or Mozambique, you’ll need new staff who will be working with your system — but is your system capable of operating in Portuguese and French, as well as English?

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