Waymark Infotech

Waymark Infotech is a South African IT solutions and services company, based in Pretoria. The firm provides a range of IT solutions across various sectors, however the majority of its contracts have involved the installation of voter registration systems for governments on the African continent, including South Africa, Nigeria, Zambia and Tanzania. Waymark is well known throughout Southern Africa for the controversies it has caused in its various involvements with these installations, with allegations of corruption emanating from many of these countries - this is a blatant lie and we challenge the writer to proof this allegation on fact and with direct reference to the country where allegations of corruption come from - Hennie Meeding, Waymark.

The company is part of the Black Economic Empowerment initiative in South Africa and as such, its shares are wholly owned by black shareholders.

The firm also has a subsidiary office in the UK for the export and import of products and also for international subscribers.

History

Waymark was established in late 2003 and is a consolidation of four other IT companies. The firm is a consolidation of four other IT companies: Affinity Business Solutions, Molepe Business Solutions, Zero & Ones Solutions, and Xcel Information Technologies. The founder members and executive directors are Pikie Monaheng (the MD of Waymark), Clive Fynn, Leslie Mampe and Louis Buys.

Operations

In 2005, Waymark were contracted by the Zanzibar Electoral Commission to print election materials - incorrect reporting, Hennie Meeding, Waymark.

In 2006, the Zambian government purchased biometric voter registration equipment from Waymark. This was the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) that was also supplied to South Africa, Tanzania and Nigeria.

In April 2008, Waymark was contracted by the government of Benin to register 4 million voters in the build-up to local elections. (PLEASE NOTE: this is 100% wrong information as Waymark have never executed voter registration in Benin - updated by Hennie Meeding, Waymark, to advise on this untrue reporting.) .

In 2009, the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) of South Africa contracted Waymark as a service provider.

In 2010, Waymark sold 1,000 digital restoration kits to the Zambian government for $5 million, through the United Nations Development Programme. Incorrect reporting - Hennie Meeding, Waymark

In November 2011, Waymark was contracted by the Democratic Republic of Congo to provide two central servers and 2,000 new biometric voter registration kits for $15 million.(PLEASE NOTE: this is 100% wrong information as Waymark have never executed voter registration in DRC - updated by Hennie Meeding, Waymark, to advise on this untrue reporting.).

In 2012, Waymark entered the tendering process for the Cameroonian elections but did not succeed.

United Nations

UN documents show that Waymark had been a service provider to the organisation for four years until they were expelled in September 2008 for “failure to communicate progress - (Waymark was not expelled; we simply did not update our profile as we found no value in remaining on the list - updated by Hennie Meeding, Waymark, to put this one sided wrong article correct)” . Businesses dealing with the UN are expected to comply with a guideline of ten points, including transparency of business, good governance, human rights and environmental contributions.

Subsidiary

Waymark’s only subsidiary is Enterprise Content Management Solutions (ECMS). In 2008, EMC Corporation, a leading global brand in information infrastructure solutions, made a strategic investment in ECMS establishing a focused content management solutions division in South Africa and the rest of the continent.

Reputational Concerns

After conducting work on voter registration in Benin in 2008, violent protests followed after it was discovered that the system Waymark used was unreliable and that the awarding of the contract to the South African firm was questionable. (PLEASE NOTE: this is 100% wrong information as Waymark have never executed voter registration in Benin - updated by Hennie Meeding, Waymark, to advise on this untrue reporting.)

In 2012, Waymark entered the tendering process for the Cameroonian elections but were swiftly denounced after it was discovered that the firm had previously computerised the electoral file and had mistakenly left multiple duplicates inside after long delays. (PLEASE NOTE: this is 100% wrong information as Waymark were not awarded the contract and therefore could not have left duplicates inside after long delays - we never deployed anything in Cameroon. Updated by Hennie Meeding, Waymark, to advise on this untrue reporting.)

In 2011, the Congolese electoral commission was forced to justify the reasons for contracting Waymark just weeks prior to the elections for a fee of $15 million, a purchase that the United Nations Development Programme described as “useless and expensive”.

In 2012, Waymark was accused of electoral fraud in Guinea and of not being awarded the tender through a transparent process after it won a contract to provide electronic voter registration kits. One source quoted a member of the Department of Finance in Guinea as saying that normal Waymark contract work amounted to $3 million, but that the total amount of the invoice for this project had been $14 million.

The President of Guinea’s son, Mohamed Condé is alleged (not proved correct) to have worked for Waymark and according to Africa Confidential, introduced the firm to the presidential administration. In September 2012 Guinean Rioters displayed numerous protest banners, one of which read, “Waymark and Sabary Technology (joint election contractors) Should Get Out of Guinea Elections”.

Waymark was accused in 2011 of having been illegally awarded a R11 million tender to maintain IT services to the Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office (CIPRO) in South Africa. - incorrect reporting Hennie Meeding, Waymark

Despite being awarded the tender to print election materials in Zanzibar in 2005, the contract was cancelled by the government who claimed that bribes were paid to obtain it. Absolute untrue, Hennie Meeding, Waymark