Allied Technologies Limited (Altech) is a R10 billion company, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, with over 5000 employees.  It is involved in technologies, solutions, products and services which converge at the intersection of telecommunications, multi-media and information technology (TMT) industries.

As a leading South African multi-billion rand high-technology group, Altech operating companies span the entire digital chain from design to development to manufacturing to deployment and support, in markets that include mobile telecoms, digital TV, location-based services, embedded chip application, secure tokens, 4G converged networks, middleware, and service provision. There is a strong focus on the convergence of these technologies across different markets, technologies and geographies. 

Altech is committed to the pursuit of globalization through excellence in all its chosen operations and will continue to relentlessly pursue its ambition to be a leader in every sphere in which it operates, while at the same time empowering and enriching its shareholders.  Last year saw the company expand into the central and East Africa region making it the telecoms leader in this region.

Strong partnerships with international principals ensure that Altech has ongoing access to the latest technologies worldwide, while the group’s own research and development programmes actively encourages and promotes internal technology advances.

Earlier this year, Altech received the 2008 Technology Top 100 Award for Excellence in the Management of Technology, Innovation and People.  This award, endorsed by the South African government and presented to recipients by the Minister of Department of Science and Technology, was given to the group in recognition of the synthesizing and harmonizing of the triple challenge of technology relevance, sustainable innovation, and its commitment to skills development, through the recently launched Altech Academy. 

Altech places tremendous value on its human capital, in particular the development and growth of employees both within the and outside of the group, by offering university bursaries to successful candidates, within the fields of information technology and engineering.  Altech recognizes the skills shortage in South Africa, particularly in the ICT sector, which gave rise to the formation of the Altech Academy, in an effort to attract, grow and retain a South African workforce. 

Altech’s holding company is Allied Electronics Corporation Limited (Altron), which is incorporated in the Republic of South Africa.