In a landmark collaboration, Zinox and TD Africa unveiled a strong strategic alliance aimed at widening access to technology and boosting distribution across Africa.

The partnership pools Zinox’s indigenous manufacturing capabilities with TD Africa’s broad distribution network to deliver locally relevant tech solutions to more customers continent-wide.

The collaboration will provide greater scale and reach, enabling businesses and individuals to adopt “digital technology made in Africa, for Africa.”

Chioma Chimere, Coordinating Marketing Director of TD Africa, at a media parley in Lagos on Friday to announce the partnership, emphasized that the collaboration as a milestone aligned with TD Africa’s mission to empower individuals and businesses with accessible, reliable technology.

“This partnership is a fulfillment of our mission,” Chimere said. “We are ensuring that products and services are made available and accessible across Africa, and that our ecosystem thrives where we live and work.”

Chimere highlighted the advantages of partnering with a homegrown technology company, noting that foreign vendors often fail to grasp African realities, particularly power constraints.

“Many international vendors don’t understand the power challenges we face or the realities of our grid,” she said. “A fellow African producer who understands our needs, from power reliability to product design tailored for African users, offers a more seamless solution.”

She cited Zinox’s rechargeable power products, inverters, and batteries as examples of technologies designed with African conditions in mind, and described Zinox as an authentic African manufacturing powerhouse, expressed pride that TD Africa will serve as Zinox’s singular distributor.

Now in 43 countries and counting, “the partnership between both companies is a strategic move to strengthen local value chains and accelerate technology adoption. By combining Zinox’s locally produced hardware with TD Africa’s established routes to market, the alliance aims to bring affordable, rugged, and energy-efficient devices to schools, businesses, and households across the continent.”

Chioma Nwoke, Executive Director of Human Resources at Zinox, emphasised Africa’s need to lead in technology creation rather than mere consumption.

“This event is not just to announce a partnership but about reaffirming a vision,” Nwoke said. “Africans must not only be users of technology but must build, design, and scale technology.”

At Zinox, she highlighted, the company has long championed technology that is “accessible, relevant, and locally engineered to solve your problems.” Innovation alone, she stressed, falls short without these elements.

The partnership unites Zinox’s manufacturing excellence and innovation with TD Africa’s distribution power and reach. “We’re building an ecosystem where Africa-made technology is positioned competitively in the enterprise and public sector markets,” Nwoke said.

She outlined three key strategic dimensions: market access, confidence, and scale. Beyond these, the alliance is “not transactional but very strategic, anchored on shared values,” positioning it as a catalyst for broader African tech advancement.

Reporting by Theresa Igata