Sector: Technology
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Alviva Holdings Limited (JSE:AVV) is one of Africa’s largest providers of information and communication technology products and services. The group comprises of focused operating subsidiaries who specialise in their unique product and service offerings.
The Group operates through three distinct business segments:
ICT Distribution
Imports and, in some cases, assembles ICT hardware and software and sells it into the sub-Saharan African markets via reseller channels and national retail chains. Businesses that operates in this segment include Axiz, Alviva Services, Obscure, Pinnacle, Datanet and VH Fibre Optics.
Services and Solutions
Systems integration and ICT solutions, including cybersecurity, application development, artificial intelligence solutions and renewable energy projects in South Africa, the rest of Africa and beyond. Businesses that operate in this segment include Datacentrix, Digital Generation, Intdev, Centravoice, Solareff, GridCars, Sintrex, Merlynnn and SynergERP.
Financial Services
Finance solutions to business entities in the SMME and commercial sector for office automation and technology-based equipment. These services are delivered by Centrafin.
Group Central Services provides strategic direction and shared services to the Group.
Alviva has significant proprietary brands and agency agreements with prominent suppliers and also sources branded products from a well-established vendor network, both locally and internationally.
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Datacentrix CEO Ahmed Mahomed tells TechCentral Show about the technology company’s acquisition by Convergence Partners.
2024-01-22 15:55 +02:00
Convergence Partners has agreed to buy South African IT services group Datacentrix from Alviva Holdings.
2024-01-17 10:21 +02:00
Port delays have already hampered Black Friday, but the festive season is now under threat if a solution is not found.
2023-11-28 14:12 +02:00
IT industry leaders in South Africa have expressed serious concern about the collapse in the value of the rand this week.
2023-05-12 16:26 +02:00
South Africa’s main stock exchange will probably continue haemorrhaging listings, the CEO of A2X said in an interview.
2023-01-20 08:50 +02:00
Etion shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a scheme to delist the company from the JSE ahead of a planned winding up of the business.
2023-01-04 10:48 +02:00
Alviva Holdings has received a binding offer from a consortium to buy out the business, which, if approved, will see its JSE listing terminated.
2022-12-14 18:10 +02:00
The JSE is implementing measures to amend listing requirements for companies in order to attract more firms.
2022-10-27 13:25 +02:00
Alviva Holdings has hiked its dividend by 90% after reporting a strong full-year financial performance, boosted by the acquisition of Tarsus.
2022-09-28 12:45 +02:00
Shares in Alviva Holdings leapt higher on Thursday after the group received an offer from a black-led consortium to buy it out.
2022-06-30 16:15 +02:00
Alviva Holdings’ headline earnings per share will more than double in the six-month period ended 31 December 2021, with all division delivering.
2022-02-23 10:11 +02:00
Alviva has reported a 1% improvement in full-year revenue, though the number would have been “substantially” higher if it wasn’t for global shortages in semiconductors.
2021-09-27 15:21 +02:00
Shares in Alviva Holdings jumped more than 18% in intraday trading on Thursday morning after the ICT distribution group said full-year earnings per share are likely to nearly double.
2021-08-12 07:58 +02:00
Alviva Holdings has secured the regulatory go-ahead for its R185-million acquisition of rival Tarsus Technology Group.
2021-06-24 07:13 +02:00
Technology group Alviva Holdings reported a 17% improvement in headline earnings per share in the six months ended 31 December 2020 but warned of further uncertainty ahead.
2021-03-01 05:00 +02:00
Tarsus Technology Group, the ICT distributor that is currently the subject of a takeover bid by Alviva Technology Holdings – the parent of Axiz and Pinnacle – has appointed Anton Herbst as its new CEO.
2021-02-19 16:45 +02:00
Tarsus Technology Group CEO Miles Crisp and financial director Joanne Tanner are stepping from the technology distribution company amid a R185-million takeover bid by JSE-listed Alviva Holdings.
2021-02-02 15:40 +02:00
Technology group Alviva Holdings said on Thursday that it has agreed to buy rival Tarsus Technology Group for a maximum consideration of R185.4-million in cash.
2020-11-12 15:36 +02:00
Five hours after TechCentral broke the news on Tuesday morning that JSE-listed Alviva Holdings is in talks to buy rival Tarsus, the company has confirmed a deal is in the offing.
2020-10-13 14:30 +02:00
South Africa’s largest technology distribution group, JSE-listed Alviva Holdings, is in talks to acquire rival Tarsus, well-placed sources have told TechCentral.
2020-10-13 14:28 +02:00
Alviva Holdings, the JSE-listed parent of technology companies such as Axiz, Pinnacle and Datacentrix, has reported a 50% decline in full-year headline earnings per share but will pay a dividend of 15c/share.
2020-09-28 12:57 +02:00
Alviva Holdings said on Wednesday that it’s full-year headline earnings will fall by more than 50%, though it said its prospects have improved since a disappointing set of interim results earlier this year.
2020-09-09 08:18 +02:00
While big technology shares in the US have continued to hit new highs in 2020 – among them, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google and Nvidia – JSE-listed IT companies have had a torrid start to the new decade.
2020-02-27 10:11 +02:00
It’s been a grim start to 2020 for some South African-listed technology companies, which have seen their shares battered on weak earnings updates and negative investor sentiment.
2020-02-18 15:16 +02:00
Shares in software services company Adapt IT plunged 20% on Monday after it warned shareholders after markets closed on Friday that its interim earnings would take a beating.
2020-02-17 10:34 +02:00
Shares in technology distribution group Alviva Holdings tumbled more than 25% in intraday trading in Johannesburg on Friday after it shocked investors with a profit warning.
2020-02-14 11:00 +02:00
Shares in Alviva Holdings rose almost 5% on Monday after the technology group reported full-year revenue up 17% to R15.9-billion. Headline earnings per share climbed 9% to R2.97.
2019-09-16 16:05 +02:00
JSE-listed technology group Alviva Holdings said on Friday that has reached an agreement to acquire 70% of business software specialist Synerg Group.
2019-06-14 06:39 +02:00
