Galaxkey, a provider of data security solutions, is aligning its expansion plans with the Middle East and Africa’s growing cybersecurity market.
Galaxkey, which began its regional operation in 2016, has seen its business grow multiple times, and in order to sustain its growth, the company has expanded its team and office.
Yashaan Cooper has been recently promoted from Regional Manager for the Middle East and Africa to Managing Director for the Middle East, Africa, and India at Galaxkey. Cooper has been with the company for over 5 years and has been instrumental in Galaxkey’s success in the region.
As a channel-oriented organisation, Galaxkey is investing heavily in resources to expand its channel presence across the region. Commenting on the channel, Yashaan Cooper, Managing Director for the Middle East, Africa, and India, at Galaxkey, said “We have always believed in a channel-based approach for our business, and we consider our distributors and partners to be part of our extended team. Apart from technical superiority that lends an edge for our products and offers an advantage to our channel partners, we also ensure our partner ecosystem is sustainable and partners able to make healthy margins.”
“With our expanded operations in the region and new products in our portfolio, we are looking to enhance our presence in the channel across the region. We are planning several new initiatives to work closely with our partners, do regular sales and technical training workshops for partners, and also organise joint events with partners to understand the needs of enterprises. With pace generated with all these activities and expanded team in the region, we are confident to stay in the growth trajectory and expect to grow business in the Middle East and Africa by 40%.”
To accommodate the expanded team, the company relocated to a larger office space in Dubai, UAE. Galaxkey also hired Sanjat Kabi as a new technical manager to assist channel partners and customers in designing and implementing solutions across the region. Kabi joins Galaxkey with over 18 years of experience after working for IBM in India for 13 years.
Galaxkey is considering participating in GITEX for the second year in a row in order to expand its presence in the region. Despite Covid’s skepticism, the show performed well for Galaxkey last year.
In addition, the company is working to expand its product portfolio. With businesses increasingly relying on instant messaging, Galaxkey will soon launch LockChat, its own secure instant messaging platform. LockChat offers a distributed architecture in which corporations can implement their own in-house servers to manage the flow of encrypted end-to-end instant messages. Customers in the Middle East and Africa will soon be able to purchase this new product.
