Tech Mahindra Extends its Presence in South Africa

Building on its commitment to bring the latest solution to the market, Tech Mahindra has launched Tech Mahindra South Africa in partnership with Falcorp to reinforce its commitment and focus towards its development across its African operations.

The newly formed company will be a Level 3 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowered (B-BBEE) company. It is aimed to create local job opportunities and invest heavily in skills development, and employment equity, over a period of 6-12 months. As part of the B-BEEE strategy, the company will target to have more than 65% in local preferential procurement, a corporate social investment plan as well as a leadership and internship programme. A dedicated Talent Exchange Program for the transfer of skills between India and South Africa will also be initiated with the establishment of Tech Mahindra SA.

“Establishing a local entity is a significant mile stone for us in Southern Africa. As the whole region moves towards recovering from the impact left by the recent economic downturn, local telecoms providers have demonstrated a key shift in their IT spending practices. We intend to bring in our expertise around NMACS (Network, Mobility, Analytics, Cloud, Security) with traditional Application Support and Development to our customers in the region.” said Girish Bhat, Vice President -Sales and Operations, MEA, Tech Mahindra.

Tech Mahindra’s SA branch is planned to target Telecom and Media sector. This new company will bring its full range of Network and Mobility offerings (inclusive of design, building, implementing and support for the telecoms sector), to the African ICT sector.