Inside the new state-of-the-art ICT factory.
State of the art electronics factory unveiled in East London
The factory will create jobs and work towards improving the standard of education.
Inside the new state-of-the-art ICT factory.
A state of the art electronics factory was unveiled in East London on Tuesday.
The factory, situated in the city’s Industrial Development Zone (IDZ), is owned by ICT group Yekani Manufacturing and will create 1 000 jobs.
As Business Tech reports, the project cost R1 billion and is funded by various stakeholders, including the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), private financial institutions and the group itself.
“Our Technologically advanced facility is geared to manufacturing innovative technology products for clients in the Automotive, Defence, Aerospace/Aviation industries as well as consumers,” said Yekani Group CEO, Dr Siphiwe Cele.
Yekani Technology aims to bring about the latest technological advances into the classroom, and their range of products includes tablets, laptops as well as mobile handsets.
“Two years ago, the Department of Education in Gauteng introduced a five-year e-learning paperless classroom initiative in township schools and those with 100% pass rate in last year’s matric finals received brand new tablets,” Cele said.
“The Department of Education in Gauteng led by the MEC of Education, Panyaza Lesufi entered into a partnership with one of Yekani’s local resellers to provide these tablets to the selected township-based schools.
“As Yekani, we are happy to have played our part in this education initiative – a project aimed at improving learning for students by providing digital textbooks and past papers.”
Also present at the launch was DTI minister, Dr Rob Davies, who said the project signalled that South Africa was moving away from solely relied on imported products in terms of electronics.
“This is an example of what we can do if we put our minds to it,” he said.
“So I think this an investment to celebrate at a number of levels in an industry that is of strategic importance and key to job creation.”
Yekani is a beneficiary of the Black Industrialists Programme which was launched by government in 2016.
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