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Gateway Communications is the leading provider of B2B eCommerce services and products to major companies across Africa.  Every month our Business Transaction Hub receives and forwards over 3.5 million non-financial transactions. This equates to merchandise and services worth more than $10 billion per annum.

Our client base covers over 1500 companies in a wide range of business sectors.  Whether you’re a large or small, multi-national or local, African businesses trust us to deliver their mission-critical commercial transactions.   They know they can rely on the highest standards of confidentiality, security, financial accountability and reliability of transaction transmission from us.

THE BENEFITS TO YOUR BUSINESS
  • We offer a high quality, secure and reliable product, backed up with full SLAs
  • We have access to a dedicated team of network professionals who have delivered corporate solutions to hundreds of companies across Africa
  • We will reduce the cost of operations and overheads by eliminating paper, removing manual processes, reducing errors and take corrective action sooner
  • Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) - Gateway's system performs data conversion to and from various standards such as EDI, XML and proprietary standards used by many ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle and BAAN. We can convert from any format to any other format as required by different companies, without interdependence on each other
  • Gateway develops  and supports applications that  provide greater visibility of  information within the supply and value chain
  • We create opportunities and increase commercial value by identifying greater efficiencies and closer collaboration between trading partnersTailor made solutions for companies’ individual environments, regardless with whom they trade
  • Whether a company receives a few transactions a month across the  Internet using  a browser interface and forms display, or whether they operate complex ERP systems with dedicated network connections, Gateway delivers a consistent service level and supports its clients according to their needs
 
WHAT OUR SERVICE OFFERS

Security technologies

  • Gateway supports all security technologies such as SSL and IPSEC, which ensure confidential transaction access across the Internet.  Client requirements for more robust security and non-repudiation, such as digital signatures, can also be implemented according to client needs

Value Added Service Offering

  • Business and process modeling

  • Identifying and addressing potential efficiency improvements in inter-company business processes

  • Developing marketing and  community  campaigns

  • Educating trading communities

  • Providing technical support for the products used in the live trading environment

e-commerce experts

  • We will be a key partner in the implementation of our clients’ e-commerce strategies

  • We focus on identifying and understanding the needs of various industry sectors, so we can help you develop the right electronic trading capabilities

Tactical Applications within supply chains

  • We are experienced in developing tactical applications that manage and support every requirement within the supply chain

Event Management

  • We provide event management within the retail, manufacturing and logistics industries, focusing on efficiency within the supply chain

  • Gateway’s Professional Services support customized developments, project management and trading community development

Our support desk

  • We have a team of technical staff who can manage the resolution, from start to finish, of issues that may arise

 
Please contact us direct for further information.
 
 
 
     
 
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