Business Talk – Xero Country Manager Colin Timmis on how Xero’s cloud accounting software benefits South African entrepreneurs

In this Business Talk with Michael Avery interview, Xero Country Manager Colin Timmis explains how Xero’s cloud accounting software benefits South African entrepreneurs.

Timmis is a SAIPA-certified accountant and has over 12 years of experience in this field.

He also boasts extensive expertise in cloud accounting software implementation, development, and best practice.

In 2011, he founded Real Time Accounting and later became the first certified Xero advisor in South Africa.

Thanks to his unrivalled local knowledge of Xero in South Africa, he joined the company as its country head of accounting in 2016.

He then took over as the Xero Country Manager for South Africa in 2018.

The interview

Timmis begins the interview by explaining what Xero is and what problems it solves.

He then discusses how Xero’s cloud accounting software has benefited South African entrepreneurs and supported the rise of small businesses in the country.

Timmis also unpacks several key projects that Xero has been involved in and why they were successful.

He concludes the interview by discussing Xero’s plans to continue partnering with small businesses in South Africa.

Watch the interview with Colin Timmis below.