Georgetown : 27,000 Hiar branded laptops will be arriving late October for distribution as part of the one laptop per family programme (OLPF).
The deal for the delivery was sealed yesterday when Permanent Secretary at the Office of the President Dr. Nanda Gopaul and Haier Electrical Appliance Limited General Director of Key Projects Sun Yongle inked a US$7.5M pact for the delivery of the devices today at the Office of the President.
According to Gopal, Haier won the award after the tender was re-advertised in July for wider participation for the supply of the laptops
The Chinese company disclosed plans to establish a local office and is even brainstorming a local Haier manufacturing plant which the company’s Director of Key Projects envisages in the next two years.
President Bharrat Jagdeo describes the signing ceremony as the outcome of the hard work undertaken and projected a computer in every home in Guyana equipped with internet access, within two years.
A total of $1.8B has been allocated in the 2011 National Budget for the OLPF initiative. About 90,000 computers are to be delivered to families within two years, giving priority to mostly vulnerable groups.
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