South Africa’s IT company targets Tanzanian market
Vodacom Foundation Grants and Communications manager Sandra Oswald handles over a certificate to John Alfred, one of the winners of Vodacom Hackathon, a competition aimed at using technology to solve challenges in education sector during the 5th Innovation week exhibitions organised by the Commission for Science and Technology in Dar es Salaam recently. PHOTO/COURTESY OF VODACOM
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Adapt IT Education has a rich history spanning 33 years in offering a comprehensive administrative software solution for the higher education.
Dar es Salaam. A South African-based Information Technology (IT) firm, specialising in software solutions in higher education, will soon establish base in Tanzania.
Adapt IT Education says Tanzania has great potential for its marketing strategy given the huge number of universities and tertiary education institutions.
“There are lots of universities and colleges which will need services like ours,” said Pravie Govender, the business development manager of the firm.
He added the company has participated in exhibitions involving the institutions of higher learning in Tanzania organised by the Tanzania Commission of Universities (TCU) .
“There are lots of them; 30 top 40. They would provide a market to sell our IT solutions,” he told The Citizen at Dar es Salaam Serena Hotel where it exhibited its products this week.
According to Govender, the Dar es Salaam office will be established shortly through a local partner, Kanara Solutions.
IT solutions to be provided are those pertaining to student, financial, human resource and resource managements.
“For the students, the IT solutions covers basically the entire cycle of student management from admission to graduation,” said Andrew Sematimba, of Kanara Solutions. He added that Adapt IT Education was already a service provider for institutions in various African countries, including Kenya, Namibia, Botswana, Rwanda, Lesotho, Swaziland, Malawi and Ghana.
The company was established in 1986 and has supported 32 universities and 21 technical and vocational education training centres (TVETs).
It is listed with the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and has captured 75 per cent of the market in South Africa where 38 of 76 universities and TVET colleges use the system.
