Tech Mahindra bags deal from TANESCO

Bengaluru: IT services major Tech Mahindra has bagged one of the biggest utility transformations deals with Tanzania Electric Supply Company Ltd. (TANESCO). The deal is aimed at enabling digital transformation for TANESCO in order to support future ready applications including Geo-Information System, IT Infra/Network, while improving agility and return on investment through technology-led transformation.

TANESCO is a power utility company that is engaged in the entire value chain of generation, transmission & distribution across Tanzania.

"Our partnership with TANESCO is a huge step in our continued journey towards bringing NexGen Utility solutions and service offerings across Africa and the Middle East. The deal is aimed at significantly enhancing TANESCO's digital readiness, and thereby reducing their cost of ownership by automating aspects of their application and infrastructure solutions," said Ram Ramachandran, SVP and Head, Middle East & Africa of Tech Mahindra.

"Our agreement with Tech Mahindra is another step forward in delivering greater flexibility across digital IT operations. This includes modernizing our core operations, our internal applications to accelerate innovation as we march forward to our vision of becoming a leading regional provider of quality, affordable electricity power," said Maharage Chande, MD, TANESCO.

Tech Mahindra is currently supporting the digital drive of many utility companies in Ethiopia, Ghana, Botswana, Zambia, Angola, South Africa, among others with a range of services by providing digital technology, business consultancy, infrastructure and enterprise security, platform and network services, among others.