Comztek Africa has joined forces with networking technology firm, Cisco, to assist customers in Zambia and Zimbabwe to take full advantage of Cisco solutions.

Comztek Africa is a distributor of technology and communications products, and solutions on the continent.

According to a statement the two companies signed joint distribution agreement, with Comztek Africa expected to continue to invest in growing on the ground capacity as well as local infrastructure in order to better service partners.  

“As per the agreement we have committed to assist our partners in both Zimbabwe and Zambia by providing skilled account management services, and access to a dedicated and reliable team of Cisco experts, whose focus will be to grow their Cisco business,” said Uwe Brandkamp, sales director at Comztek Africa.

Brandkamp added, "To complement this we believe that Comztek Africa’s proven route to market for Cisco’s products and services from vendor through to the reseller, and our adherence to a strict indirect channel model are contributors to our ability to support our resellers in country."

The statement adds, resellers in the region will be able to take advantage of Comztek Africa’s value-added services where it provides access to a range of core complimentary services to resellers, grow the reseller’s capabilities; and extend their reach into new markets through support, innovation and new technologies.

“The African market is key to our growth plans and our decision to select Comztek Africa as Cisco’s preferred distributor in Zambia and Zimbabwe was a natural progression of an already very successful relationship with the company in other regions,” said Stefano Mattiello, general manager for Emerging Africa at Cisco.   

“The company brings with it more than 30 years experience selling Cisco, experience we believe will provide the local resellers with exactly the support they will need on our range of products and solutions,” he concluded.