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GARDEN ROUTE IT CONSORTIUM READY TO BECOME TECHNOLOGY HUB
A consortium of Garden Route based companies is ready to launch an IT technology hub in George which will create jobs and train up new skills.
George’s IT company owner Imel Rautenbach is currently drumming up support for the initiative at provincial and national level. The consortium aims to use the Western Cape Province’s business arm to market and develop in order to get launched nationally and internationally. IT technology and electronic centred businesses will be the engine that will drive this local initiative. "The idea behind pooling resources and skills is to keep all our software and hardware developmental work in the Garden Route. We already have around 30 businesses on our data base that have all the necessary skills and technology to form the nucleus. “
Public update session
There will be a general Garden Route Consortium update session as part fo the upcoming geek breakfast at the Hungry Camel in George at 9am on the 27th of Jan.
The update will include some background plus details on the press release that will be going to the George Herold shortly. All are welcome to attend the session.
Second founders meeting
A second founders meetign will take place at Office Reliance on Monday the 30th November at 11:30am.
All interested parties are welcome to come along and give input on the formation of this initiative.