For Videsha Proothveerajh, Director at Vodacom Business, partnerships are our greatest superpower in creating meaningful impact. The division’s new tagline represents a living philosophy that’s transforming how we do business – one built on genuine collaboration and shared success.

This philosophy represents more than words on a website. It signals Vodacom Business’s evolution from a traditional telecommunications provider to a TechCo – a technology-centred company that doesn’t just sell solutions, but creates opportunities for businesses to thrive.

Recognition where it counts

The approach is paying off. Vodacom Business has been named MyBroadband’s Most Trusted Enterprise Telecommunications Provider of the Year for both 2024 and 2025, validating its customer-first philosophy.

But trust isn’t built through awards alone. It’s forged through the daily work of walking alongside clients, understanding their unique challenges, and crafting solutions that genuinely move the needle.

Partnership in action

Two recent projects perfectly illustrate what “building the extraordinary” looks like in practice:

1. Smart metering: technology meets social impact

Working with partners Macrocomm and Ontech, the team developed a smart metering solution for municipalities struggling with resource management. The technology optimises revenue generation through efficient monitoring of utilities like electricity. Agile, scalable and intelligent, the solution gave more than what was asked for.

But here’s where the extraordinary part comes in: the project trained local youth for installation and maintenance roles, directly addressing unemployment while solving a municipal challenge. Technology with purpose, as Videsha puts it.

2. Bidvest’s communication revolution

When services, trading and distribution group Bidvest needed to improve employee engagement, Vodacom Business created a communication app that enables seamless feedback and instant communication between leadership and workforce: it brings her closer to her people, says Bidvest CEO Mpumi Madisa. The result? Improved organisational efficiency and productivity that you can see in real time.

The global-local advantage

“There is no company that can say, ‘We do it alone.’ That’s just an arrogance that has no place in today’s real world,” Videsha says. This collaborative spirit extends to how Vodacom Business leverages its relationship with Vodafone globally while contributing locally developed innovations back to the international ecosystem.

It’s this combination of global insights and local customisation that sets the division apart. Whether it’s IoT, cloud computing, AI or security solutions, the focus remains on understanding what each client truly needs – not what the market says they should want.

Beyond the technology

The Vodacom Business team thinks of technology as the enabler. “What matters is it’s always technology for good, technology with purpose,” Videsha says.

This perspective transforms every client conversation. Instead of leading with what’s technically possible, they start with what’s meaningful. What challenges keep business leaders awake at night? What opportunities could unlock sustainable growth? How can technology create positive ripple effects beyond the immediate business case?

The Extraordinary ahead

As Vodacom Business continues exporting locally developed innovations to the global Vodafone ecosystem, the “extraordinary” extends from individual client successes to building a sustainable model that proves technology companies can be genuine partners in transformation.

The tagline “Together let’s build the Extraordinary” captures something essential about how business should be done in 2025: with collaboration at the centre, impact as the measure, and the understanding that the most extraordinary solutions emerge when brilliant people work together towards shared goals.

For our colleagues across Vodacom Group, it’s a reminder that we’re not just connecting people – we’re connecting possibilities.