BMW lauds SA's IT skills

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Local technicians have exported some R1-billion in IT services to BMW facilities across 48 countries over the past year.

The technicians support BMW’s operations in China, the US, Brazil, Germany and the UK.Lesufi talks new engineering school in Soshanguve

“What we saw here was a huge skills set in SA. That was through the universities. IT is a huge element of training in SA. We see the skills set better than anywhere else in the world. Better than America, UK, Germany and China. It was obvious to bring the skills set here into SA,” said BMW Group SA CEO, Tim Abbott.More than a thousand of its local personnel now work in IT-related services.

The company says due to its in-house South African software development capabilities it’s becoming a leading tech company. BMW says over the next five years autonomous driving will become a key component in the development of the auto industry.

 

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