ForeFront Africa sold to Imperial Holdings

This will allow the companies to work together seamlessly and provide the best possible digital and mobile strategies to the group, as well as clients and partners.

Nicholas Haralambous & Tracy Langdon-Surkont

Skilled mobile talent

"Imperial is excited to enter into the strategically critical mobile technology arena alongside a team with skill and extensive African experience," says Cobus Rossouw, chief integration officer. "We are now well placed to partner our clients in leveraging the potential of mobile commerce in their value chains."

Tracy Langdon Surkont and Nicholas Haralambous, having worked together at Vodacom SA, founded ForeFront Africa in 2013 after both recently exiting separate ventures. The company was founded after they spotted a market requirement for skilled mobile talent willing to work in African countries with experience in those markets.

Massive opportunities

"We knew that we were onto something after founding the company when we were approached by companies throughout Africa and further afield to make use of our services," says Haralambous. "Partnering with Imperial Holdings will bring massive opportunities to our company and assist in growth which we would have battled to achieve otherwise."

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Surkont says that FFA has experience and a grasp of the market that few others have, "We understand that the market is complicated, each country in Africa needs unique attention and each company brings with it a different offering and unique requirements."