Frank Hersey
The next article in the coverage released by ID4Africa is by French defense and biometrics company, Thales, explaining how it cooperates with governments and local partners to extend the lifespan of Thales equipment, reducing cost and waste.
Citing projects in Burkina Faso, where a presidential election approaches, Jean Lindner, marketing manager for Africa, explains how the Burkinabe electoral commission chose to both refurbish existing kit and procure more. After buying a complete system in 2012 including 3,500 mobile kits, software and database, this time round the commission chose to refurbish 1,800 kits and procure an additional 3,000 with software and new servers at the central site.
As well as cost savings and job creation for local partners for integrating the new kits and refurbishing and recycling parts from older equipment, Lindner believes long-lasting, dependable firms make better value partners for governments.
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