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Barry Baetu
Gift Mphefu is the co-founder of Borwa Integrated Technologies. He has previously occupied senior management positions at Vodacom SA, Telkom SA, and Ericsson Sub-Saharan Africa and is currently the Chairman of Med-TechEngineers. He has over 13 years of solid technical and commercial experience within the ICT & Healthcare Technology Industry.
Gift is a Council Member of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE), a Member of International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) SA Chapter, a Member of Clinical Engineering Association of South Africa (CEASA), and a Member of the Advisory Committee for The Innovation Hub Solution Exchange Project. He has a BSc Electrical Engineering (UKZN), Certificate Course in Wireless Telephony (UP) and Masters in Engineering (UP). Gift’s interests in Healthcare Informatics led him to enrol for a Post Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Technology Management at UCT.
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Gift Mphefu
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Managing Director
Barry is the co-founder of Borwa Integrated Technologies. He is also the founder of Harmonic Group Computer Services (Pty) Ltd, one of the largest distributors of Datalogic. He started off with Standard Telephone and Cables in London as a COBOL Programmer. Later became a Sales Manager for Sharp Electronics. In 1986 he formed Harmonic Computer Services with the sole mandate of leading the AutoID marketplace.
Barry has a BSc Honours in Computer Science, Marketing Diploma and a registered member of PSIRA. He serves an an advisor for the Consumer Council of South Africa and SABS on matters regarding Bar Coding and RFID.
Borwa Integrated Technologies (Pty) Ltd was founded in March 2013 in Johannesburg and operates under Harmonic Group (Pty) Ltd which was founded in 1986. Itself as a pioneer in the then fledgling barcoding industry. Through the years, the Group has remained at the forefront of what has since become known as Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) or “Auto-ID” and its myriad applications across a range of industry sectors.
Auto-ID is about using technology to automatically identify objects, collect data about them, and enter that data directly into computer system without the need for human intervention. Among the Auto-ID technologies utilised by the Borwa Integrated Technologies in the development of its solutions for industry sectors ranging from agriculture to mining, retail to health, transport to local government (see some examples page 3-6) are barcodes, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), biometrics and Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Smart cards and Voice recognition
One of Borwa Integrated Technologies’ greatest strengths over the years has been its ability to form close relationships and alliances with the world’s leading developers of Auto-ID equipment. This has ensured that Borwa Integrated Technologies is able to bring the latest and most appropriate Auto-ID products to the South African and African markets and to incorporate these products into bespoke, turnkey solutions.
The company at the forefront of cutting-edge barcoding, RFID, label and systems technology.
Whatever the application, Borwa Integrated Technologies provides the best-quality imported branded equipment with excellent after-sales service and support to help businesses run more efficiently.
Borwa Integrated Technologies’ products present an excellent ROI (return on investment) to reduce worker fatigue, increase efficiency and prevent losses of valuable stock and assets.
Borwa Integrated Technologies specialises in all aspects of Auto Identification and transponders with a major emphasis on software and systems development to solve business challenges based on a thorough understanding of each client’s requirements.
Our Mission:
Borwa Integrated Technologies’ mission is to provide their clients with the highest quality Auto Identification equipment from the most respected manufacturers in the world.
Today more than ever, businesses require cost-effective hardware, software and service solutions delivered reliably with quality guaranteed.
Borwa Integrated Technologies’ solutions provide a true “end-to-end” answer to your business needs, including a range of handheld imagers, mobile computers, bar code verification equipment, asset management equipment, custom made labels plus an array of software tailor-made to suit your needs.
What we do:
We offer tailor-made solutions to organizations with the need to automate daily processes