A number one Turkish protection agency Havelsan goals to broaden its companies in Africa by assembly the protection wants of “friendly and brotherly” African international locations, a senior official stated.
The protection agency additionally desires to ascertain strategic partnerships with African nations inside Türkiye’s African Initiative imaginative and prescient, Havelsan General Manager Mehmet Akif Nacar informed Anadolu.
Pointing out that the corporate opened on the continent through the coronavirus pandemic, Nacar stated: “Our marketing activities accelerated with regular reciprocal visits and participation in regional fairs and conferences as of 2019. At this point, Havelsan’s brand recognition has increased considerably in various countries.”
Noting that the agency had attended the African Airforce Forum for the third time in a row since its inception, he stated: “We will participate wherever it is organized next year to create business opportunities.”
He harassed that the Turkish-made Baha UAV, fight administration programs, coaching programs, and coaching simulators are amongst Havelsan’s standout merchandise and options for Africa.
“We want to provide many projects in Africa, and we also offer our products through our partners in Türkiye. We sold a number of products such as Baha, Barkan (unmanned ground vehicle), and shooting simulators,” he stated.
Nacar defined that Havelsan bought Advent (Network Enabled Data Integrated Combat Management System) by means of a battleship challenge signed by a Turkish firm with the Nigerian Navy final June, making Nigeria the seventh nation to which Advent is exported.
Stressing that the Baha system was additionally supplied by means of one other Turkish firm’s challenge undertaken in Nigeria, the overall supervisor stated the corporate seeks to export Baha to different African international locations.
“We believe that Baha will have a grip in the market thanks to the fact that it is a small system, has an affordable price and is easy to use,” he stated. “Baha will be a beginning and other countries will take this (the use of Baha in Nigeria) as an example and seek for our products.”
Nacar highlighted that the corporate plans to supply Atak helicopter simulators within the coming interval because the variety of Atak helicopters will increase in Nigeria.
Havelsan conducts business growth actions with all different African international locations, significantly Nigeria, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda and Gambia within the sub-Sahara, and Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Senegal and Cameroon within the north and the Francophone African area.
“We see very genuine interest in Nigeria because they are very fed up with previous bad experiences such as buying at a much expensive cost, not being able to get maintenance support, or getting it too expensive and not being able to use the system properly,” he stated.
Given the historic context and pleasant and brotherly relations between Türkiye and Nigeria, he believes that Turkish Airlines’ day by day flights to the nation on Africa’s western coast present a bonus for Havelsan to develop companies there.
“We think that Africa will be a shining economy of the future, that it contains business opportunities, and that the future is open for cultural and economic cooperation,” he added.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
