Dr Mathews Phosa, non-executive chairman of EOH, one of South Africa`s largest consulting, technology and outsourcing companies, says conditions for sustainable development, namely improved government capacity, need to be addressed if the region is to promote economic growth and development.
Noting this key challenge for South Africa, Dr Phosa was speaking at EOH`s regional launch in East London where he says organisations such as EOH will play an important role in the sustainable development of the Eastern Cape region.
The economy of the Eastern Cape has grown faster than the national economy. With an approximate GDP of 8.2%, the region has a lot to offer South Africa. Dr Phosa says that aside from a need for broader IT services, EOH believes it is imperative that IT and business and IT and government are closely linked.
"EOH has the perfect credentials to do this effectively. It is simply about ensuring the effective, efficient and economical use of limited resources, while boosting social and economic development."
Defined, sustainable development reflects a process that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It is multidimensional and encompasses complex interactions between economic, social, political and environmental issues. It represents a development framework that makes the conquest of poverty, the goal of full employment and the fostering of a stable, safe and just society the overriding objectives of development policy and interventions.
"In a nut shell, it is a significant challenge and the public sector needs companies like EOH to assist them," says Dr Phosa.
Dion Ramoo, executive director of EOH, says the organisation has been working closely with government to implement legislation by operationalising strategy and improving financial management. Originally from KPMG Consulting, now EOH Consulting, Ramoo says there is great scope for EOH and its full depth and breadth of services.
"EOH`s business model based on a `design, build, operate` concept, enables EOH to embrace customers with products and services of both a business and technology perspective. It provides the unique combination of designing relevant business and technology solutions based on clients` needs, followed by solid implementation and finally outsourcing or maintenance services. This works well for both public and private sector customers. Delivering value in a sustainable manner and working in partnership with our clients is what we are all about."
Ramoo, who runs the regional office together with his senior management team of Jeff Walker and Mtheza Buya, is very upbeat about the roll-out of all EOH`s service offerings locally. He says the region is buzzing with productivity and believes EOH will continue to work closely with government to ensure effective, efficient and sustainable service delivery remains centre stage and with the private sector to ensure shareholder value is maximised.
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EOH is a business and technology solutions provider creating lifelong partnerships by developing business and IT strategies, supplying and implementing solutions and managing enterprise-wide business systems and processes for medium to large clients. EOH operates in the following three clusters of business units as a fully integrated business:
Consulting Concentrated under the EOH Consulting brand are business units offering services ranging from strategic and business process consulting, project services, change management, supply chain optimisation and education.
The EOH Consulting business unit is responsible for delivering IT solutions that make business sense. We focus on providing remarkable technology solutions using robust methodologies to perform along the following four dimensions of IT excellence:
* Business-alignment
* Quality
* Risk management
* Cost management
Technology - Through a number of subsidiary companies, EOH is able to sell, implement, and support a range of world-class business applications including enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, business intelligence, advanced planning and scheduling, e-commerce and manufacturing execution systems.
Outsourcing EOH offers comprehensive maintenance and support of client`s IT infrastructure and applications through the rendering of full IT outsourcing, application hosting and managed services. In addition, EOH offers full business process outsourcing services.
EOH has a presence in all major centres in South Africa and Botswana, and operates in the rest of Africa.
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