rimble expands its presence in Africa with Ghana office

Trimble Navigation Limited, a leading global provider of advanced location-based solutions that maximize productivity and enhance profitability, has announced its presence in West Africa with an opening of its new office in Ghana.
The Ghana office will focus on expanding and enhancing Trimble’s collaboration with regional stakeholders including local distribution partners. This will enable the company to provide better service, support and training for customers in the Region.
Speaking at the launch of Trimble Navigation Limited in Accra, the President and Chief Executive of Trimble Navigation Limited, Mr. Steven W. Berglund said the opening of the Ghana office is an important extension of their presence to serve the Western and Central Africa clients.
“We see this as an opportunity to better service and assist in Africa’s economic development and infrastructure efforts, especially in the areas of transportation, agriculture, water and natural resource management, land administration and energy” he said.
Ghana he said was chosen due to her stable and democratic governance, strong legal system and direct flight connections to the US and Europe. He said the company had equipment to handle water conservation, road and railway, marine, mining, petroleum and mobile resource management in the country.
He said over the last five years, Trimble has worked on contracts funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the World Bank as well as African Federal and state agencies to provide GNSS receivers and reference stations, total stations, digital levels and a variety of other solutions for African development projects.
Trimble he said has been providing solutions to African customers through resellers for more than 20 years, until 2009 opened an office in Nairobi, Kenya and later Cape Town, South Africa
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Mr. Mike Hammah lauded Ghana for her great investment atmosphere which had endeared her to the hearts of investors. He said this will not only rake in foreign exchange for the country, but will help create employment for the citizenry.
He said the decision by investors to transact business in the country is a mark of confidence in the nation’s economy. He commended Trimble for its vibrancy as it has generated over $6.0 billion in revenue and being operational in 31 countries since its establishment in 1978.
The US Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Donald Tettlebaum commended Ghana for her vibrant economy that had made it attractive to foreign investors and urged all to work to maintain it.
He said the development of Ghana’s economic stability is very important to US companies and cited access to credit facility, inadequate power and water supply as some of the major challenges facing business growth in Ghana. He said the opening of the Ghana office in Accra demonstrates Trimble’s long-term commitment to the African market, its distribution partners and customers.
Trimble Navigation Limited, founded in 1978 headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It deals in the manufacture and distribution of equipment for building and road construction, agriculture, transport logistics surveying, land administration, water and natural resource management.

Samsung Ghana introduces Galaxy S III into the Ghanaian market

Samsung Electronics Company Limited has launched the Galaxy S III exclusively into the Ghanaian market.

The sleek and innovative smartphone has been designed to recognize voices and intentions, and has an enhanced intelligence to make everyday life easier.

According to manufacturers, with Samsung Galaxy S III, one can view the contents like never before on the phone’s 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED display.

Its 8MP camera and 1.9MP front camera offer varieties of intelligent camera features and face recognition related options that ensure that all moments are captured easily and instantly.

The phone is powered by Andriod™4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich with greatly enhanced usability and practicality to make life easier and also packed with intuitive technology; the Galaxy S III offers a uniquely personalised mobile experience.

With ‘Allshare Cast’, users can wirelessly connect the phone to their television set to immediately transfer smartfone content onto larger display. It can also be used to instantly share any form of files between Galaxy S III and tablets, PC and televisions regardless of the distance between the devices.

Samsung Galaxy S III introduces a ‘Pop up Play’, a feature which allow users to play everywhere on the screen while simultaneously running other tasks, eliminating the need to close and restart videos when checking new emails or surfing the web.

It has a ‘Burst shot’ function that instantly captures 20 continuous shots and a ‘Best photo’ that selects the best of eight photos for users.

Mr. Bravo Kim, Managing Director of Samsung Ghana, said the phone had maximized the consumer benefits by integrating superior hardware with enhanced smartphone usability.

“It is designed to be both effortlessly smart and intuitively simple, the Galaxy S III has been created with human needs and capabilities in mind”, he said.

He said the Galaxy S III enables one of the most seemless, natural and human-centric mobile experiences, opening up a new horizon that allows one to live extraordinary.**