Chronicle Editor
Harare Bureau
ECONET Wireless (Econet)’s Connected Car, a business unit of the Econet Connected Lifestyle stable of property and vehicle security services, has won the ‘Most Innovative Vehicle Tracking and Monitoring Company of the Year Award’ at the Zimbabwe Private Security Awards Dinner held at the Rainbow Towers in Harare at the weekend.
Econet Connected Lifestyle is a division of Econet that leverages the Internet of Things (IoT) technology to secure private and public assets for their clients.
Econet battled in a field of private security firms to clinch the award.
Speaking soon after receiving the award, Econet Connected Car general manager Mr Shepherd Hondoyemoto said:
“We are truly humbled to have been nominated for the awards, and to come first in the Most Innovative Vehicle Tracking & Monitoring Company category”, he said.
“We believe we have an exceptional product that offers great convenience, helps to manage costs, prolongs the lifespan of transport assets and offers great value for our clients,” said Mr Hondoyemoto.
Econet Connected Care has taken the market by storm since its inception and is popular with large corporates and medium size companies, State Enterprises and Parastatals (SEPs), local authorities, government departments, and haulage and trucking companies.
So far and wide has its reach and penetration been, that it even serves marine-based customers in need of keeping track of their boats on Lake Kariba.
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