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Frontosa Information Technology<\/h2>\n
Frontosa opened its first branch in 2004 and moved its operations to Cape Town soon thereafter. It also launched a Durban branch in 2013.<\/p>\n
The company is a first-line distributor of IT products, with its primary business focus on supplying hardware and software to retailers and small-to-medium enterprises.<\/p>\n
The list of brands available from Frontosa is extensive and includes the following prominent manufacturers:<\/p>\n
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- AMD<\/li>\n
- Asus<\/li>\n
- Canon<\/li>\n
- Cooler Master<\/li>\n
- Corsair<\/li>\n
- D-Link<\/li>\n
- Epson<\/li>\n
- Kingston<\/li>\n
- Gigabyte<\/li>\n
- HP<\/li>\n
- Intel<\/li>\n
- Kaspersky<\/li>\n
- Lexmark<\/li>\n
- LG<\/li>\n
- Logitech<\/li>\n
- Microsoft<\/li>\n
- MSI<\/li>\n
- Samsung<\/li>\n
- Seagate<\/li>\n
- Skullcandy<\/li>\n
- Steelseries<\/li>\n
- Targus<\/li>\n
- Transcend<\/li>\n
- Verbatim<\/li>\n
- Western Digital<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\nMustek<\/h2>\n
Mustek has been operating in South Africa for a quarter of a century and is one of the country’s largest assemblers and distributors of PCs and associated ICT products.<\/p>\n
Founded in 1987 by the late South African ICT heavyweight David Kan<\/a><\/strong>, the company is perhaps best known for its Mecer brand of products, such as inverters and office PCs.<\/p>\n
But it also has well-established relationships with leading international tech brands.<\/p>\n
Mustek distributes the following product categories and brands in South Africa:<\/p>\n
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- Computing<\/strong> \u2014 Acer, Asus, Asustor, Lenovo, Mecer, MSI, Samsung, Toshiba<\/li>\n
- Tablets<\/strong> \u2014 Acer, Asus, Lenovo, Mecer, Samsung, Toshiba<\/li>\n
- Displays<\/strong> \u2014 Acer, Epson, NEC, Philips, Samsung<\/li>\n
- Energy<\/strong> \u2014 Mustek Solar and Mecer Inverters<\/li>\n
- Networking and Enterprise<\/strong> \u2014 Mecer, Huawei, Hytera, Lenovo, Molex, NEC, Netis, PPC Belden, Scale Computing, Siemon<\/li>\n
- Printing and Scanning<\/strong> \u2014 Brother, Epson, Fujitsu<\/li>\n
- Peripherals<\/strong> \u2014 Afrison, Eaton, Everki, Hikvision, Mecer, Microsoft, Philips<\/li>\n
- Point-of-sale and security devices<\/strong> \u2014 Mustek<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\nPinnacle<\/h2>\n
Pinnacle was the foundation from which Alviva Holdings, one of the largest JSE-listed technology groups in South Africa, was formed.<\/p>\n
The company changed its name from Pinnacle Holdings to Alviva Holdings in 2017 as it diversified its offerings and acquired several businesses operating in different verticals.<\/p>\n
Pinnacle is now one of Alviva’s ICT distributors and offers a broad range of products held in seven warehouses across Southern Africa.<\/p>\n
It employs 591 people and has its headquarters in Midrand, but also operates branches in Durban, Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Nelspruit, Port Elizabeth and Namibia.<\/p>\n
In addition to its South African business, it has a dedicated division for growing its reach in the SADC region, including in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Angola, and Malawi.<\/p>\n
It also aims to establish a presence in east Africa with a headquarters in Mombasa to serve the horn of Africa region.<\/p>\n
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\nRectron<\/h2>\n
Rectron, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mustek Group,\u00a0 was founded in 1995 and was originally a four-man operation. It has grown to more than 300 staff members since then.<\/p>\n
Its main customers consist of resellers, system integrators, managed service providers, online stores, and retailers in South Africa.<\/p>\n
Its footprint stretches across five of South Africa’s provinces \u2014 with a presence in Gauteng,\u00a0 Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and the Free state.<\/p>\n
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\nTarsus Distribution<\/h2>\n
Formerly called MB Technologies, Tarsus is the oldest technology distributor in South Africa, having started its business in 1985.<\/p>\n
Alviva Holdings acquired it in November 2020 for R185 million.<\/p>\n
Tarsus has a head office in Johannesburg, with branches in Cape Town, Durban, Gabarone, and Windhoek.<\/p>\n
Its technology solutions are geared towards business needs in particular and include cybersecurity, hyperconvergence, networking, printers, servers, storage, and supply chain products.<\/p>\n
Like its sister company Pinnacle, it also has an exhaustive list of well-known brands among its partners.<\/p>\n
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\nNow read: Top data centre providers in South Africa<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- Tablets<\/strong> \u2014 Acer, Asus, Lenovo, Mecer, Samsung, Toshiba<\/li>\n
- Computing<\/strong> \u2014 Acer, Asus, Asustor, Lenovo, Mecer, MSI, Samsung, Toshiba<\/li>\n