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Corporate Overview

September 2015

Tricon Plaza, Braintree Industrial Estate Braintree Road South Ruislip Middelsex HA4 0EJ, United Kingdom

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Company Overview

Tri-Continental has developed an operation spanning 35 countries in Central, East, North and West Africa , and continues to service an extensive channel of IT partners and Customers. Through its long term relationship with IBM, Lenovo and a number of other IT supplier, spanning close on 28 years, the company has a current annual turnover of over US$ 65 million. It has also consistently been IBM’s strongest performing channel partner over this time.

Tri-Continental's vision is to be the largest and most prominent IT distributor covering the CEWA market, with competence and ability to compete and grow in the global IT industry, whilst doing business fairly, and in accordance with our guiding principles.

Tri-Continental's mission is to establish a clear and emphatic company presence in the African IT market place as an IT Products and Services distributor of choice, providing the highest levels of service to its Customers and Partners and adding value to the supply chain.

The company is firmly positioned as the premier pan African distributor in CEWA of a selected range of world class technology products, backed by a comprehensive range of Distribution Agreements with major manufacturers including IBM, Lenovo, Canon and Epson.

Tri-Continental's aim is to provide complete end to end IT solutions. These solutions may consist of a full range of Computer Hardware infrastructure, Systems Software and Middleware Products and Services. In addition, we engage with Business Application Software Solution providers for clients who seek our guidance on their application selection and implementations and in doing so, develop value nets through a highly motivated Reseller and Partner Channel. The company takes pride in the efficient and effective way in which it brings together relevant business partners and skills in the marketing, development and fulfilment of IT solutions in its chosen market place.

Regions and Branch Offices

The company has its executive management, administrative services and call centre based in the Head Quarter in London, UK. There are regional Sales Office and Solutions Support Centres in three major hubs, Lagos, Nairobi and Johannesburg.

Our operations are supported by 10 branch offices in the key locations of Nigeria and Ghana, Nairobi, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Service Delivery

This infrastructure of the 3 regional Hubs and 8 branch offices enable us to provide services delivery across 33 countries in Africa, this in association with our resellers and in support of multinational companies.

Furthermore, Tri-Continental, through our education Academy is able to deliver client education, in any of the CEWA countries, on our client’s premises as need and significantly is 10 Academy facilities based in our branch office locations.

We strive to employ a business culture that not only considers the present requirements of our partners, but also the evolution of their requirements over time in support of their clients. Tri-Continental is responsive to the needs of its channel, and projects itself as part of a channel’s

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success and an extension of their sales and support teams.

Tri-Continental has an established an extensive network of credible, complementary partners, represented locally, throughout Africa and South Africa. These span traditional IT Dealers and

Resellers, Value Added Resellers, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), Consultancy Organisations and Service Providers. Backed by globally recognised IT Suppliers, and together with its partners, Tri-Continental is ready and able to provide our customers with complete, comprehensive, and cost effective world-class IT solutions.

Academy Overview

The Tri-Continental Academy develops and delivers an extensive curriculum of courses focused on System Administration, System Management & Automation, Programming Languages;

Internet/Intranet related Development, Databases, AIX/Unix, Mid-range & Client/Server technologies. Our Vision is to empower Africa Business Partners and customers with knowledge and skills on all IBM platforms including middleware, hardware and software and in doing so help our clients improve the skills and productivity of their resources by providing world class training solutions that adds real value.

our Mission is :

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To set up, operate & grow a professional skills development organisation across Africa.

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To provide professional, high quality, affordable courses to customers across Africa

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To provide professional training to partners to meet IBM certification requirements.

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To train & certify as many customers as possible to increase customer satisfaction.

In order for Our Instructors to be invited to join our team, they must first display a career commitment to providing professional training and mentoring. They also must possess an expert knowledge in their area of specialty. The Tri-Continental Academy requires a minimum of five years of experience in these professionals. On average, our instructors have over ten years’ experience in the industry. We follow these strict requirements in order to ensure our clients' satisfaction. Above all, each of our expert instructors are excellent communicators whose expertise and dedication to customer

satisfaction ensure that your time and money will be well spent. Our trainers are hands-on implementation experts and have the ability to customise course work to your specific needs.

Our Model varies based on client need .We offer our education at our premises as set out in the

available class schedule. In addition we work with clients to develop specific skills programs to be delivered on our client’s premises to address your specific needs.

About Us

Our Staff

Tri-Continental aims to provide an environment for employees where excellence is highly regarded, respected and rewarded. We have an enthusiastic, creative and diligent team of skilled IT

professionals who bring unique qualities to our organisation and hence to our Partners and Customers.

Our Customers

We are committed to our channel, both Business Partners and Customers, and earn loyalty by being responsive to and serving their daily and strategic needs and challenges.

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Service

Our after Sales Service and Delivery is a cornerstone of our success which we measure through our partners results and loyalty, and ultimately through Customer Satisfaction.

Integrity

Open and honest communications is valued and encouraged both within the Company and with our Business Partners and Customers

Values

At the heart of everything we do these are our company values:

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Results Oriented

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Quality Focused

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Integrity & Honesty

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Customer Satisfaction

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Exceeding Expectations

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Commitment to Excellence

Tri-Continental Head Quarters

United Kingdom

Tri Continental Ltd.

Tricon Plaza

Braintree Road, Industrial Road Industrial Estate, South Ruislip, HA4 OEJ, UK

Tel: +44 (0) 2088 424 644 Fax: +44 (0) 2088 458 792

Contacts:

lsrael Lwanga : CEO

Joseph Musisi : General Manager Joy Lwanga : Director Marketing and HR

Date Established: 29 September 1987

Company Registration and Tax ID Number: 2170268 Bankers : Barclays Bank

Harrow Branch 355 Station Road

Harrow, Middlesex HA1 2AN UK

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TRI-CONTINENTALAFRICA REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES

We support the 34countries in Africa with 3 regional and 9 Branch offices in many locations including:

Region

North

Africa

West Africa

East Africa

Central Africa

Region Office South Africa Nigeria Kenya South Africa

Branch Offices & Academy Locations Nigeria Ghana Kenya Uganda Tanzania Ethiopia South Africa Mozambique Zimbabwe

Other Countries Morocco Algeria Tunisia Egypt Burkina Faso Cameroon Liberia Sierra Leone Burundi Djibouti Eritrea Rwanda South Sudan Somalia Angola Botswana Cape Verde DRC Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Namibia Sao Tome Seychelles Zambia

General

IBM Certifications

Tri-Continental is a fully IBM Certified Distributor of IBM Hardware, Software, and Services for CEWA market place, a certified IBM Systems Integrator enabling Supplier to trade on IBMs behalf directly with designated multinational clients, and is a Regional Authorised Warranty Service Provider (AWSP) for the region.

Regulatory Compliance and Governance

Through its registered offices and geographic presence Tri-Continental complies with local country company law, tax regimes, importation rules and regulations, and labour practices.

International Compliance and Governance

All export, relocation or re-direction of products/services are subject to the regulations e.g. of the country of installation, the United States of America and the original country of export and may be prohibited by law. It is the Buyers responsibility to comply with any such regulations and to obtain all necessary licenses. In addition, the Buyer agrees to cooperate in any related audits. The above provisions apply to the Supplier and its channel as well

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Labour Legislation

Through our registered presence in the countries in which we trade and do business we comply with local labour and employee taxation legislation

Safety and Security

Through our registered presence in the countries in which we trade and do business we comply with local Safety and Security legislation and practices, as well as stipulated Client Safety and Security policies and practices, relating to contractor on site presence, badging, site access, and safety standard compliance

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PRODUCTS

Hardware

Tri-Continental has an established and extensive network of credible, complementary partners, represented locally throughout Africa and South Africa. This network spans traditional IT Dealers and Resellers, Value Added Resellers and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), as well as Consultancy Organisations and Service Providers. Backed by globally recognised IT Suppliers, and together with its partners, Tri-Continental is ready and able to provide our customers with complete,

comprehensive, and cost effective world-class IT solutions.

Tri-Continental is a leading pan Africa IT product and service provider which is evidenced by the extensive alliances formed with international IT vendors, Solution Providers and local services and support entities in the countries. Our Technology Sales Unit (TSU) will assist our clients with all the relevant procurement functions for all IT needs. Our sales resources have excellent relationships with the various Global IT suppliers, specialising in IBM, serving the African market and are able to provide the best procurement services for our clients.

Our technical team are certified and capable of sourcing the required equipment and solutions for our clients, in a cost effective and efficient manner.

IBM Mainframe, IBM POWER and IBM STORAGE: Tri-Continental has a specialised team of certified

professionals who are able to assist you in the architecture and design of your IT infrastructure requirements using the very latest IBM Mainframe and Power technologies. This team will further advise you on all aspects of implementation and migration to these new platforms based on their many experiences on diverse projects across Africa. Furthermore, they are able to assist and guide you in sourcing the required equipment and solutions in a cost effective and efficient manner

Lenovo :

System X and IBM Power Systems : Tri-Continental has a specialised team of certified professionals

who are able to assist you with the very latest System X and Pure systems solutions for you infrastructure requirements in the era of Cloud computing.

Lenovo : Tri-Continental is as a distributor of the Lenovo products in the CEWA region, delivering

leading edge high quality PCs, and laptops and value added services in assisting clients with delivery, installation and desk top warranty and support services.

We also specialise in the distribution of Canon and Epson printers.

Software

Tri-Continental have added specialist IBM Software skills to our team to assist you in the many solution areas offered by the IBM Software Portfolio. We work in conjunction with IBM to bring to you relevant Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) on the various Industry Business solutions offered by IBM. We are expanding our software team with an emphasis on developing skills in Cloud, Business

Analytics, Mobile and Social solutions to cater for accelerated demand for IBM enterprise software

throughout the continent.

As a value-added distributor, Tri-Continental works with business partners in a consultative manner to solve customers’ business problems. This starts with helping to select and specific solutions, through to implementation and ongoing support and maintenance. With its close ties to IBM, Tri-Continental is able to identify IBM expertise quickly to solve any technical challenges business partners and their customers may face. In addition to providing business partners and enterprise customers with pre-sales and post-pre-sales support and skills, Tri-Continental also helps them to address the challenges of logistics, risk management, finance and fulfilment.

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We have built capabilities to help business partners implement and support solutions by networking with IBM implementation partners globally. Training in IBM Software is vital to assist a client in exploiting the assets in the IBM Software technologies and you will find an extensive set of offerings available on our Academy. Please contact us for specific education requirements you may have for your company.

Brocade

Tri-Continental is delighted to announce its partnership with Brocade as the Distributor for Brocade fabric technologies in South Africa as well as across the Africa. We offer support to our clients and our Business Partners across the territory with technical advice and consulting as well as post sale services and support for these technologies and solutions.

Brocade networking solutions help the world’s leading organisations transition smoothly to a world where applications and information reside anywhere. This vision is designed to deliver key business benefits such as unmatched simplicity, non-stop networking, application optimization, and investment protection. Innovative Ethernet and storage networking solutions for data centres, campus, and service provider networks help reduce complexity and cost while enabling virtualization and cloud computing to increase business agility. To help ensure a complete solution, Brocade partners with world-class IT companies and provides comprehensive education, support, and professional services offerings.

Brocade fabric technology simplifies network operations through automation, enabling near “zero-touch” configuration and provisioning. Using fabrics, businesses can deploy network capacity at least 5X faster compared to status quo networks.

Financing

Many clients are looking for different and flexible payment options. There may be certain pressure on capital budgets and clients are looking for a solution from operational budgets.

There are various situations where there is a need to consider extension of payment terms, deferred payments of 90 days, 180 days, then to longer term leasing of up to 36 months.

Tri-Continental have entered into a partnership with various international Banks to assist in providing us with mutually beneficial solutions to address this challenge.

When a customer makes a promise to pay over time, a" Letter of Credit" or "Promissory Note" is the documentation that records this agreement. This structure is generally not “on balance sheet” borrowing and does not require additional documentation. This solution is very simple without the need for leasing agreements.

We have agreement to consider and offer these financing solutions in selected countries and selected industries. A set of pre-qualified clients who have existing relationships with our Banking Partner will make the application process easier in most instances. Financial statements and 'know-your-customer' documentation will be required if the client does not have an existing relationship with our partners.

In the finance industry, the IT staff and Managers may not be aware of this type of Bank to Bank financial arrangement which are fairly common and the finance and commercial departments in our clients in Africa will be aware of this.

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SERVICES

Introduction

Tri-Continental is IBM CEWA’s largest Distributor, Systems Integrator and Strategic Services Delivery Partner, selling IBM Products and Services through the IBM channel across sub-Saharan Africa. In addition Tri-Continental serves Business Partners in supporting delivery, installation and maintenance on IT projects in Africa.

We offer an extensive range of hardware and software installation and post-sales support services to our customers and partners across all African markets with specialist and certified resources available across the territory in most countries.

Tri-Continental has additionally developed and provided the skills and resource capacity and competence across the African markets to support Global Outsourcing Projects which allow and enable global clients to optimize operational processes and focus on businesses. These services include desktop and server management, IT Infrastructure management and Service Management We have consistently achieved and delivered our targets and contractual commitments, and service level expectations with our Suppliers and Clients, and have demonstrated our loyalty and flexibility despite the difficulties and complexities of the markets and the demands of our clients locally and internationally.

Our infrastructure, with a headquarters in London, the 3 regional Hubs located in Lagos, Nairobi and

Johannesburg, with 8 branch offices, enable us to provide services delivery capability across 28 countries in CEWA. We have over 140 services professionals deployed across the territory, in association with our resellers, are able to support multiple projects ranging from infrastructure

installations through to managed-services in support of multinational companies requiring service and support in multiple countries.

Our Service Offerings include:

 Multi-Vendor Maintenance Services

 Staff Augmentation

 Project Services

 Managed Services

 Proof of Technology Support

Our Service and Support partnership with our Suppliers and clients is entrenched in the following essential premises:

Tri-Continental is a certified and highly experienced IBM Business Partner for the African markets, as a Distributor, Systems Integrator, IBM Services Partner, and Authorised Warranty Services Provider (AWSP). These are all essential aspects of providing a fully compliant end to end service to the Client as well as to its current and potential clients;

Tri-Continental is a registered and compliant Supplier with IBM Global Procurement in UK, South Africa, East Africa (Kenya) and West Africa (Nigeria)

Tri-Continental has successfully and consistently delivered IBM Project related services since 2004, taking on markets at that time which were considered high risk, and evolving the current footprint. Our service level achievements, client relationships at local and international levels, loyalty, integrity and flexibility, can all be vouched for.

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Tri-Continental has the financial strength and viability for large service related projects, an essential aspect for which is the deployment of certified sales and technical staff across the markets.

Maintenance Services

Multi-vendor Maintenance solution provide options for installed Servers, Storage and Network devices that require varying levels of support. Tri-Continental is able to advise IBM business partners and clients about these options to protect your installation with combinations of onsite and remote support to protect against outages and costly downtime.

In conjunction with IBM, we have processes in working with our clients to correctly identify the cause of failures and the necessary parts required for recovery. Tri-Continental is an authorised IBM AWSP for the region, the latter certification ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of IBM spares logistics to and in the markets.

There are various options to consider in dealing with frustrating hardware problems to get the right support. Please contact our Business Partners and Tri-Continental for advice on:

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Standard warranty services.

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Enhanced and extended hours of cover

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Critical Recovery Services for your servers and storage running critical workloads

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Options for extended maintenance service decisions at time of technology acquisition

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Options to renew support cover at time of warranty exit

Staff Augmentation

From time to time many organisations have a short term need for a specific technical skill or resource for a specific project. This may be due to increased workloads, special projects, resignations or vacation periods. Tri-Continental is able to offer short term service agreements for resources to augment your staff for these situations.

PROJECT Services

In the CEWA region our business partner community have the skills and resources to serve clients in the delivery installation and implementations of IBM IT Infrastructure projects. Tri-Continental is able to support our business partners in these activities.

PROJECT SERVICES: The range of service activities that we are able to deliver include Project

Management, Hardware Server and Storage Installations, Systems Software definition and configuration, Data Migrations, Network installation and Migrations.

These services are available on a time and material basis or may be included in a specifically scoped project with defined deliverables at a fixed price.

These Project Services typically last between 1 to 3 months.

MANAGED Services

In the CEWA region our business partner community have the skills and resources to serve clients with requirements for various services, ranging from desk top service and data centre services. Tri-Continental is able to support our partners in this business.

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There is a growing demand for MANAGED SERVICES from Global Multi-National corporations to provide them with a single agreement and service level across multiple brands and countries. Tricon, through is presence and resources, and in conjunction with our business partners, are able to respond to this need.

A Managed Service agreement typically ranges from 12 months to 3 years and sometimes longer, based on specific needs in two main areas:

DESK TOP MANAGED SERVICES: The end user services include the design, deployment,

updating, help desk and managing of the desk top technologies including from desktops mobile devices, printers, local networking and server environment. We are able to provide you with local resources to support your branch office deployment across Africa.

DATA CENTRE MANAGED SERVICES : This involves the decision to outsource various IT task

within the data centre ranging from Hardware Monitoring, operating systems installations and ongoing support and management for AIX, Linux and Microsoft as examples. This may also include storage and systems management within the production and disaster recovery locations.

We are able to package these and other similar options into flexible managed service agreements, with flexible monthly or quarterly payments for period of typically up to 3 years.

Demonstration Services

Servers & Storage Demonstration Centre

The IBM STG Solution Centre offers to clients & partners the opportunity to demonstrate or run a ‘Proof of Technology’ session the technologies they are considering and to test drive their individual solutions. Our goal is to give our customers assurance that their implementation will be successful. The Centre presents a multitude of today’s technologies – multi-environment servers, IBM storage systems, Middle ware offerings and Vitalisation capabilities – all in a working environment, capable of testing and development for client projects.

These facilities are housed in LAGOSand NAIROBI. We welcome clients and partners from neighbouring countries to visit our locations. We also consider on site Proof of Technology projects.

Featured Technologies

The Centre includes a wide-range of technologies, including the following equipment and software:

 AIX Based Servers and operating systems

 Linux based servers (both x86 and POWER)

 Blade servers x86 –HS21 and POWER JS22.

 IBM XIV , V7000 and DS5300 Storage Servers

 SAN (Storage Area Network) infrastructure

 Server and storage Vitalisation technologies

 Middle ware, Web Application servers, Storage management software

Key Features and Benefits

The STG Solution centre which show cases the ultimate in resource utilisation comprises an optimised environmentally-controlled data centre, a presentation theatre, training classrooms and professional Exam centres. Through the centre, Partners can offer demos of the latest technologies, perform product evaluations and proofs of concept, showcase applications from Independent

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Software Vendors (ISVs), conduct briefings and classes and much more.

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IBM Storage Technologies Demo Centre – Our centre showcases all IBM storage technologies

in a mixed platform environment for product demonstrations, test drives, solution design and implementation support.

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IBM Business Partner Innovation Centre (BPIC) – This unique designation reflects the Centre’s

capability to provide pre- and post-sales support around IBM-based solutions. Such support services include product demonstrations and test drives, solution design consultation, proof-of-concept support, product installation and implementation assistance, training, education, and customized workshops.

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ISV Software Application Testing and Benchmarking – If you are an Independent Software

Vendor (ISV) who needs to test validate your solution on a particular platform, perform some stress/performance testing, or demonstrate your solution on a regional basis, our Centre is ready to help.

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Contact Us

Head Quarters

United Kingdom

Tri Continental Ltd. Tricon Plaza

Braintree Road, Industrial Road Industrial Estate, South Ruislip, HA4 OEJ, UK

Tel: +44 (0) 2088 424 644 Fax: +44 (0) 2088 458 792

Date Established: 29 September 1987 Company Registration and Tax ID Number: 2170268

Contacts: lsrael Lwanga : CEO Joseph Musisi : General Manager Joy Lwanga : Marketing and HR

Central Africa Region

South Africa

Tri-Continental Ltd

No.1, 8th Avenue, Cnr. Wessel Road Rivonia, 2128

Tel : +27 11 785-9980 Fax: +27 11 785-9999

Contact: Central Africa Regional Leader : Alf Isaacs

[email protected]

Mobile : +27 82 570 4639

Mozambique

Tri-Continental Business Services Academy

Ave 25 de Septembro n 1105/1111R/C Maputo

Contact: Surprize Sithole

Surprise Sithole/Tri-Continental Ltd,

Zimbabwe

Tri-Continental (Pty) Limited

2nd Floor South, Fidelity Life Tower, 5 Raleigh Street, Harare, Zimbabwe Tel : 263-4-777720

Contact: Gerald Mashingaidz

[email protected]

Mobile: 263-778 840 883

Angola

Systemas, Redes Communicacoas LDA 16

Rua Conselheiro Julio de Vilhena Caixa Posatal 6487 Luanda Angola

Tel: +244 222 330881

Contact: Jose Baptista

[email protected]

East Africa Region

Kenya

Tri-Continental Distribution Kenya

Unit 13, Alpha Centre Mombasa Road P.O.BOX 67272 Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 2 825 021/2 Fax; +254 2 825 023

Contact: Tri-Continental Director and East Africa Regional Leader : Eric Mutebi

Ethiopia

Business Continuity Services Limited Around Gerji,Mebrahthail

3rd floor

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Contact: Wondwessen Assefa Mobile: +251911767967; e-mail: [email protected]

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[email protected]

Mobile : +254 722 777 566

Uganda

Tri-Continental Ltd – Uganda

Lugogo Uma Show Ground Next to Uma Conference Hall Jinja road

P.O.Box 10450 Kampala, Uganda Tel: +256 414288324 Fax: +256 31 22902578

Contact: Miriam Lwasi

Tanzania

Tri-Continental Services Limited

Peugeot House36 Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road, Dar es Salaam

Tel. +255 22 286 1770

Contact: Kelvin_Mtei@Tri-Continental Ltd,

West Africa Region

Nigeria

Tri-Continental Distribution Ltd – Nigeria

Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria Tel: +234 1 261 5471 Fax: +234 1 266 2557

Contact : West Africa Regional Leader : Sola Olojede

[email protected]

Mobile : +234 803 305 6401

Ghana

Tri-Continental Services Limited

No 6, 6th Street Ringway Estates Osu

Accra, Ghana

Tel. +233 21 760 947 / 233 21 783 696

Contact: Ernest Fundirwa

[email protected]

Mobile : +233 570 591731

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