Advanced Enterprise Solutions (AES)

Advanced Enterprise Solutions (AES) is an exclusive distributor of Sage products in Malawi and Zambia. Their accredited resource teams have specialised skills in Sage Evolution, Sage Pastel Partner and Sage Partner Payroll. The highly experienced consultants focus on assisting organizations to evolve and implement integrated business and customer management solutions to meet their business and technology needs. 

Chips Business Solutions, Zimbabwe

With over 25 years’ experience Pastel Zimbabwe is the leading Sage Pastel partner in the 60 countries that Sage Pastel products are sold and supported outside of South Africa.  Chips Business Solutions client base includes over 400 Sage Evolution sites in Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia. Amongst the largest in Zimbabwe are CMED with 134 users and 13 branches and Mbada Diamonds with 150 users. 

Across the world Sage supports customers and partners in their everyday endeavors. Sage provides software, services and support to help a loyal customer base of over 6 million clients better manage their business tasks and processes.  The Sage focus is on delivering solutions that provide business value and clients’ trust and rely on them as their core business data repository, alongside the efficiencies that have been driven in their business to position them well for future growth. Sage PLC is supported by over 70 business partners in 24 countries in Africa including over 2,500 corporate clients, 7,700 sites and 57,000 users.


Softline (Pty) Ltd, South Africa, the holding company and developer of the Sage Pastel range of accounting and business management software was acquired by the Sage Group PLC in 2004.  Rebranding to the Sage brand was initiated in 2012 and this complemented Sage’s dominant position in Africa for marketing solutions including Sage X3, Sage Evolution, Sage Pastel Partner, Sage Pastel Express, Sage My Business Online Cloud, Sage Pastel Payroll and Sage VIP.