ABOUT SAGE PASTEL

Sage Pastel is a leading global developer of financial software products for small and medium size (SME) businesses. Founded in 1989, Sage Pastel has a thorough understanding of the needs of international SME businesses coupled with the experience and in-depth knowledge of the business software industry.

The Sage Pastel product range is modular in design and scalable to growing businesses. Sage Pastel actively sells and services Pastel products in 52 countries located throughout Africa, Europe, the UK, Middle East, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. More than 180, 000 businesses across the globe utilise our financial software applications in their business on a daily basis. Pastel software was acquired by the Sage Group plc in October 2003.

The growth and success of Sage Pastel's expansion is driven by its Business Partner distribution model encompassing more than 80 Business Partners worldwide. Furthermore, a focus on channel development, resulting in an additional 450 resellers and accountant partners in recent years.

Adding to the success of our international expansion is a strong focus on the training and certification of our distribution base. To date, Sage Pastel has trained and certified more than 4,000 students and more than 500 Business Partners and Resellers. In line with this is our commitment to grow our ATC (Authorised Training Centers) program throughout the areas where we operate, with 40 certified ATC’s currently in operation.