Company Assembles Computer in Ghana

OMATEK COMPUTERS Limited has started assembling computers in Ghana.

The company, which is the pioneer and only factory in Africa to be involved in the manufacturing of computers, also undertakes the production of casing, speakers, flat screens and home entertainment speakers from Completely Knocked-Down (CKD) components.

When some Ghanaian journalists joined their Nigerian counterparts to tour the Omatek factory site in Accra, young men were seen busy configuring computers and testing Omatek branded computers which included desktops, notebooks and servers.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Engineer Florence Seriki, told journalists that Omatek Ghana, like its mother company in Nigeria, envisaged becoming the leader in African ICT industry by the year 2010.

She disclosed that the company which was opened in August this year, when in full operation, would employ over 100 youth. “Apart from generating employment, we are also transferring technology to the youth.”

Engineer Seriki said her outfit was liaising with tertiary institutions in the country to undertake a programme where students can have practical training with the company.

Worried about Ghanaians attitude toward products made in Ghana, the CEO urged the citizenry including corporate entities to patronize their products.

“If we want the economy to grow we must patronize locally produced goods.'

She noted that even though some locally made products were of same quality as foreign products, “we Africans want to buy foreign goods and promote their economies instead of ours”.

She stated that Omatek could case computers, which involves putting the name of a company on the case of a computer.

Madam Seriki took journalist round the factory, and showed them how the computers were assembled, loaded with Microsoft programmes, and licensed, adding that “they can run on all platforms”.

On packaging, the CEO said the computers were packed into five ply cartons produced by a local company in Tema, “and in this way, we are offering more jobs to more people”.

The General Manager of Omatek, Kobina Jackson, noted that because Omatek is quality conscious, it takes into consideration the environment and therefore ensures that its products are tropically tolerant.

By Emelia Ennin