South African IT services company Dimension Data's Middle East & Africa business has acquired a 51% stake in Moroccan telecommunication infrastructure services company Teledistribution et Communication (Telcom) for an undisclosed sum to strengthen its presence in emerging West, East, South, and North Africa. Skip related content
Telcom that employs 130 staff will immediately be rebranded and transitioned to become Dimension Data Maroc. Dimension Data Maroc will initially operate out of offices in Temara and Casablanca. Reda Meziane Belfkih, currently managing director of Telcom will head up Dimension Data Maroc. There are also future plans to grow the company’s core business, as well as the Network Integration, Microsoft Solutions, and Advanced Infrastructure business units, with strong focus on the service provider market and select areas in the public sector.
Dimension Data's Algerian business, which has been operating under the group’s European operation for the past five years, will be transitioned to the Middle East & Africa business as part of the North African plan.
Andile Ngcaba, chairman at Dimension Data Middle East & Africa, said: "Dimension Data MEA's acquisition of a majority stake in Telcom enhances our plans to be represented in the four corners of emerging Africa. We now have a strong presence in English speaking West Africa (Nigeria and Ghana); East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania); and emerging Southern Africa (Namibia, Botswana and Angola). Our entry into the Kingdom of Morocco brings the number of employees in the Dimension Data Emerging Africa territory to around 600 employees and the Dimension Data MEA group (incorporating South Africa) to over 5,000."
In February, Dimension Data acquired UK-based Microsoft infrastructure and licensing services company Teksys for an undisclosed sum to strengthen its presence in the UK and Europe. In December 2008, it acquired a stake in Sydney, Australia-based managed services provider BlueFire for an undisclosed sum.
