Andrew Voges will take over the role of General Manager for Africa at Kaspersky, according to a recent announcement made by the company.
Voges’ immediate objectives will be to accelerate growth in the enterprise segment, consolidate the company’s channel presence, formulate strategies to onboard more partners and customers within the B2B framework and strengthen customer satisfaction.
This is in light of the rapidly changing digital landscape, the rise in ransomware attacks, and the need for the protection of IT assets in the continent.
Voge has had important spells in a number of technology organizations, including Quest Software, Check Point Software Technologies, and Cisco Systems, throughout the course of his professional career. As the new general manager, he will have his headquarters in Johannesburg and will report directly to the management team at the company’s worldwide headquarters.
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Remarks from Andrew Voges
“Africa offers untapped potential. Kaspersky has demonstrated strong performance in Africa in 2022: there was a 16 per cent increase in B2B sales in the region,” remarked Voges.
“My vision as GM is to foster unparalleled customer satisfaction and carve out a resilient ecosystem here.” he said. “Our focus will be on strengthening our technical infrastructure and intensifying our partnerships to make Kaspersky’s world-class security solutions more accessible in Africa.”
“Another priority will be to implement the company’s Cyber Immune approach to protect organisations, including those in critical sectors, even more effectively. Being part of a pioneering cybersecurity company like Kaspersky, committed to global cyber safety, is an honor.” he added.
Remarks from Kaspersky
In response to the revelation, Kirill Astrakhan, Executive Vice President of Corporate Business at Kaspersky, offered the following statement:
“Africa is a strategic region for us, and Kaspersky has been growing here for almost 15 years.Andrew’s extensive experience and understanding of the local market make him the perfect fit for the regional GM role as we plan to further strengthen our position in Africa, reach out to new clients and partners, and increase our sales and share.”
“His insights will be instrumental in helping us to further develop our enterprise market presence and initiate fresh avenues of business growth. We wish Andrew the best of luck in his new position.”
The future plans
Additionally, Kaspersky will place a priority on research and development in order to solve the specific problems posed by the region. They have, over the course of the past several years, been working to broaden their product ecosystem and, in particular, their enterprise security portfolio by adding solutions that are founded on superior threat intelligence in order to provide their customers with improved levels of protection.
The cyber immunity method is the company’s new strategy for navigating the digital transformation landscape. This strategy entails developing solutions that are extremely difficult, if not impossible, to compromise while simultaneously reducing the amount of potential security flaws.
About Kaspersky
Kaspersky Lab is a Russian international company that makes security and virus protection software. It is based in Moscow, Russia, and is run by a holding company in the UK. Eugene Kaspersky, Natalya Kaspersky, and Alexey De-Monderik started it in 1997. Eugene Kaspersky is the CEO right now.
The company’s Anti-Virus protects you from all kinds of dangers to your computer’s security. Kaspersky Anti-Virus has a number of features and protection parts that work together to provide full protection. Each kind of threat has its own security component that deals with it.
The Lab makes and sells security goods and services like antivirus, internet security, password management, endpoint security, and more. It is the third largest consumer IT security software company and the fourth or fifth biggest endpoint security vendor.