Introduction

Green Africa Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Green Africa Group.

What started out as an IT department in a corporate structure has evolved to become an independent company in its own right. Established in March 2006, Green Africa Technologies is the driving force behind the Green Africa Group’s technologically advanced leadership position in the market.

Its main place of business is Johannesburg.

The company, which employs a core of talented consultants, developers and technicians, is uniquely placed to translate the vast intellectual capital that resides in the Green Africa Group into effective software solutions that make a real difference to the way the businesses operate, interact with their clients, and differentiate themselves in an extremely competitive industry. This development/solutions mix is backed up by a technical support function. Relationships are managed by means of service level agreements.

Although Green Africa Technologies is mainly focused on growing the IT infrastructure and capability of the Group, it plans to market its own brand of software solutions to other companies servicing segments of the import/export supply chains.

The company has invested in top-of-the-range hardware and has a number of partnerships in place with strategic service providers.

Services

Technical:

• Managed services
  
• Help desk
  
• IT consulting
  
• Purchasing
  
• Licensing
  

Development:

• Applications
  
• Software programmes
  

Business:

• Client Relationship Management (CRM)
  
• Training
  

Leadership drivers

Very few IT companies have the advantage of being part of the companies that they consult to. As an integral component of the Green Africa Group, Green Africa Technologies’ people are constantly exposed to the challenges inherent inside the operations and are constantly exploring innovative solutions to address them. Being in the ‘thick of it’, the quality of their work isn’t compromised by supplier-client dynamics.

Other factors positively influencing their position are:

• Sound infrastructure
  
• Quality people
  
• Business fundamentals in place
  
• Strong industry knowledge-base and expertise
  
• Access to international best practices from principal clients
  
• Ability to develop and test solutions easily and quickly
  
• Green Africa Group focus
  
• Strategic partnerships
  

Outlook

At present, Green Africa Technologies is pioneering a software package for Evergreen Agency (SA).

In future, plans are in place to market Green Africa Technologies brand name software solutions to other companies in the import/export supply chains.