Vodacom Business has announced its enhanced position as a Premier Partner for Google Cloud and Google Workspace in the Sell Engagement Model, marking a significant step in its mission to deliver cutting-edge cloud connectivity solutions and managed services to businesses across South Africa and beyond.
Building on Vodafone’s strategic 10-year global partnership with Google Cloud to expand services across Africa and Europe, this collaboration enables Vodacom Business to drive innovation in AI, cloud, managed services, and digital services, offering secure, high-performance cloud solutions tailored to meet evolving business needs.
“At Vodacom Business, we understand that digital transformation is no longer optional—it’s a business imperative,” says Sabelo Mabena, Executive Head of Cloud Product Development at Vodacom Business. “Our strengthened partnership with Google Cloud enables us to provide businesses with enhanced capabilities to scale, innovate, and remain competitive in a digital-first world.”
As a Google Cloud Premier Partner, Vodacom Business can offer enterprise customers access to the latest Google Cloud services featuring AI-integrated platforms, including Gemini Code Assist, for data analysis, application development, and robust security. Businesses can leverage Google Workspace, a productivity hub that enhances collaboration, security, and productivity features, including NotebookLM for research assistance. Google Workspace’s additional benefits enable faster workstation setup, reduced IT tickets, and improved employee experience.
With the introduction of Google Cloud Interconnect (GCI), Vodacom Business is empowering organizations with direct, secure, and high-speed access to these Google Cloud services, eliminating the need to rely on public internet connections. Businesses can now benefit from reduced latency of up to 40 percent, ensuring seamless access to mission-critical workloads. GCI also provides 99.99 percent uptime through dedicated and reliable cloud connections, alongside enhanced security with dedicated lines that protect sensitive data and operations.
In addition, customers receive a single Service Level Agreement (SLA) that integrates cloud, connectivity, and security services under one contract, simplifying cloud management and ensuring consistent, responsive support.
As a Google Cloud Premier Partner, Vodacom Business brings deep technical expertise and collaboration opportunities with Google Cloud engineers, enabling businesses to leverage AI-powered tools, cost optimization strategies, and scalable solutions that support hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Google Cloud also provides extensive training and certification programs for Premier Partners, including on-demand, instructor-led, hybrid, and hands-on labs, ensuring Vodacom Business customers have the right expertise at hand. This partnership is designed to help future-proof organizations, equipping them with the flexibility and innovation needed to support long-term growth.
“We’re pleased to welcome Vodacom as a Premier Level Partner for Google Cloud and Google Workspace in the Sell Engagement Model,” said Philip Larson, Managing Director, Partner Programs at Google Cloud. “This indicates they’ve achieved a high level of certification, delivered customer success with specific Google Cloud products and services, and demonstrated the project readiness that customers need to accelerate their digital transformations.”
With Africa’s cloud market expanding at a 17.4 percent compound annual growth rate, Vodacom Business is committed to helping organizations take advantage of digital technology through future-ready cloud infrastructure and enterprise-grade connectivity that enhances resilience, agility, and performance.
“Our role is to help businesses unlock their potential by removing barriers to digital transformation. By combining our connectivity expertise with Google Cloud’s global capabilities, we deliver integrated solutions that drive innovation and long-term value,” adds Mabena.