HCL Info bags $23-mn deal for Pan-African project
SOURCE: EconomicTimes
DATE: June 25th, 2008
Mohit Soapbox:
Seems over the past couple of months a # of the Indian vendors have won deals in Africa. If Mr Ambani get’s to buy MTN it will create the largest telecom firm in the world. TCS recently won a deal in Uganda.
Domestic IT major HCL Infosystems has bagged a $23-million deal to implement IT infrastructure for the Pan-African e-Network Project, which provides tele-education and tele-medicine.
“HCL Infosystems will receive $23 million from this project, which will span over 18-24 months,” HCL Infosystems Executive VP George Paul said.
The project would connect 53 African countries into one network.
This is an initiative by Indian government to share its expertise in the fields of education and medicine. The network would benefit all the 53 African nations by providing tele-education, tele-medicine, video-conferencing and VOIP services.
Facilitating education and knowledge sharing, the network would connect seven universities from India with five universities from Africa; the African centers will further be linked to one centre in each of 53 countries with-in the continent.
The network would also connect 12 Super Specialty Hospitals from India with five from Africa. These Hospitals in Africa would also be linked to one remote hospital (Patient-End Locations) in each of the 53 countries as apart of the project to extend healthcare services to rural Africa.
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