Acceleration Opens Its Doors In Sub-saharan Africa
Acceleration Opens Its Doors In Sub-saharan Africa. Acceleration is thrilled to announce the latest addition to the Acceleration family, the company is opening its doors to clients in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Based on the WPP Cape Town campus, the new Acceleration SSA office is led by Managing Director Nick Jackson. Nick brings a breadth and depth of experience in martech consulting, partner management and go-to-market strategy. Over the last four years, he has driven overall business growth of Google’s Premier Partners in Africa.
“Nick and his team are excited to begin their mission to transform WPP and GroupM clients’ media capabilities through data and tech consulting solutions. On March 2, we are marking our opening with a client, partner and media launch, and Federico De Nardis, CEO, GroupM Sub-Saharan Africa, will officially welcome Acceleration to the group.” Grant Keller, CEO, Acceleration Acceleration is WPP’s data and technology consultancy, operated globally by GroupM. Through orchestrating a global network of consultants, data scientists and technology experts, the company’s mission aims to power sustainable growth for Sub-Saharan Africa’s most progressive brands through data and technology consulting and deep expertise in Google.
Founded in Cape Town, Acceleration became Google’s first implementation partner in 1999. For over 20 years, the company has been a trusted Google partner, consulting with clients to maximize their technology investment and media performance. With the launch of Sub-Saharan Africa, Acceleration is available in 14 markets today, including North America, U.K., Portugal, Spain, Italy, the Nordics region, China and Australasia. Acceleration now thrives on the global stage, and it looks forward to returning to its roots to deliver value across the continent.
Acceleration SSA brings in best-in-class global expertise to drive local talent across a broad spectrum of capabilities. The company drives perpetual growth through deep expertise in Strategy and Transformation, Data Science and Automation, Technology and Data Architecture and Measurement and Advanced Analytics.
