wiredinUSA November 2012

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ASIA & AFRICA NEWS

Africa’s largest wire and cable plant

Groot Group seeks to partner with some of the world’s largest wire and cable manufacturing equipment makers, technology processes, and suppliers for the development and commissioning of the Hakahana Wire and Cable plant. Budgeted at over $1 billion for its development, Hakahana W&C expects to create more than 1,500 jobs at the plant, with more than 7,500 new indirect job opportunities throughout Namibia.

A joint venture between Groot Group and Hakahana Wire and Cable (Pty) Ltd, is to develop the Hakahana Wire and Cable manufacturing plant (Hakahana W&C) in Windhoek, Namibia. Hakahana W&C is expected to become the largest wire and cable manufacturing factory in Africa, producing wire, cable, connectivity and networking products for the transmission of signals for data, sound and video applications for the whole of Africa and world markets.

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