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October 2015
Industry Buzz, Events & Products
The African Union for Housing
Finance (AUHF) 2015 confer-
ence and exhibition will take
place at the Safari Hotel and Confer-
ence Centre in Windhoek, Namibia
on October 26-28. The 31st annual
conference and exhibition attracts
key stakeholders from the member
associations of mortgage banks,
building societies, housing corpo-
rations and organisations to fund
shelter and housing on the African
continent.
This year’s theme ‘Making Housing
Finance Markets Work in Africa’ aims
to address the changes in the market
and there is clearly room for growth,
by comparison to international mort-
gage markets.
The World Bank estimates that if
only the top 3%of Africa’s population
were to access mortgages, the con-
tinent’s mortgage debt to GDP ratio
could rise by 18% (excluding South
Africa). This activity could contribute
as much as US$300 billion to GDP
across the continent.
Then, there is the much wider
market for non-mortgage housing
Ideco is the certified repair and
maintenance agent for global
electronics solutions company
Safran Morpho in sub-Sahara Africa.
Ideco Managing Director Marius
Coetzee says, “We have more than
10 years of experience of intricate
repairs. We go beyond board re-
placements toguaranteeour cus-
tomers the lowest total cost of
ownership. More importantly,
we offer free support to all
our partners and customers.
That’s the difference!”
Coetzee says Ideco’s
Repair Center offers a ‘Fast
Track’ option to ensure
mission critical equip-
ment is given high prior-
ity. “Be sure to ask for
the fast track option
when booking in any
urgent repair.”
A two hour warranty
swap-out or repair is
available for all prod-
ucts sold through Ideco’s
official distribution chan-
nel and are covered under
the standard or extended
warranty options. The com-
pany keeps sufficient spares
and stock on hand to ensure
that repairs can be completed as
quickly as possible.
“As an added level of convenience,
customers have access to an easy
online tracking option through our
web portal that allows them to track
repair progress online. Automated
reminders are also sent after three
months to ensure devices are not
forgotten,” he explains.
“Our repair centre still offers re-
pairs on discontinuedMorpho access
devices and our repair centre has
sufficient spares for all devices. For
peace of mind, make sure you deal
with one of our certified partners
when selecting a biometric solu-
tion,” he concludes.
Ideco is regarded as Africa’s
leader in the design, distribu-
tion and integration of biometric
solutions. This is largely due to
the extensive and specialised
experience gained from imple-
menting notable large-scale civil
and forensic projects. These
include the world’s largest
digital conversion of paper-
based fingerprint records for
the HANIS project of the South
African Department of Home
Affairs and the implementa-
tion of an automated criminal
background checking service in
partnership with the South African
Police Services (SAPS).
In South Africa, Ideco has dis-
tributedwell over 100 000 fingerprint
readers which have been deployed
to securely manage more than 2,5
million people in a diverse range of
professionally-managed, security-
conscious businesses.
For more information contact
Ideco on 086 104 3326 or visit
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AUHF 2015
finance – pension backed lending,
housing microfinance and savings
to support households’ incremental
housing processes.
The event is coupled with an
exhibition of practitioners, lenders,
developers and building material
suppliers.The conference is presented
by the AUHF in association with SBS
Conferences and hosted by the Na-
tional Housing Enterprise, Namibia.
F o r f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n
email: or visit
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Free biometric support
In celebrating a decade of excellence, the South African biometric
solutions provider Ideco is offering its partners and customers free
support through its world-class repair and
support centre.