MONDIA GROUP
their internal culture of collaboration to partners and , indeed , other startups and tech services .
“ We ’ ve got a lot of longstanding relationships , but we really challenge ourselves ,” he says . “ We do not want to relax and sit on the fact that we ’ ve got these longstanding relationships . We want to be their true innovation partner . What do our customers want next ? As an executive team , we ask ourselves this every day .
“ With technology nowadays , it ’ s not necessary - and probably not advisable - to build everything yourself ,” he continues . “ There are a lot of companies out there doing awesome work . It ’ s about creating this ecosystem where you can provide a suite of technologies and services .”
One recent such partnership is with mobile communications giant Vodacom Group , an agreement spanning five countries across Africa , a continent where much of Mondia ’ s immediate growth plans lie . Though individual countries are at different stages along the path , much of Africa and the broader MENA region can be characterised by a stark dichotomy : high tech literacy and adoption , coupled with a population that
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