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Trident Digital Enterprises - Corporate Overview

Mr Troy Hector, Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), established Trident Digital Enterprises (Pty) Ltd (“Trident”) on the 25 May 2017 with three (3) initial business divisions i.e EduTech, FinTech and SportTech.
The Trident brand was inspired by the trident spear of Poseidon, or Neptune, in Greek Mythology.
The aspirational themes of Innovation, Disruption and Digitalisation will be inherent in the services rendered. The key philosophy of the business will be to offer innovative solutions utilising disruptive technologies underpinned with best practices in digitalisation, convergence and virtualisation. The approach of establishing an ecosystem of strategic partnerships forms a key business imperative.

The Trident Vision is:

To envision a world where humanity prospers through digital contact and interaction.

The Trident Mission is:

To create an ecosystem of world-class services and solutions by embracing Innovation, Digitization and Disruption.

The Trident Philosophy embraces the digital ecosystem of processes, technologies and applications and thereby:

Offer innovative solutions utilising disruptive technologies underpinned with best practices in digitalisation, convergence and virtualisation.

The Trident NOBLE values are as follows:

Nurture talent for tomorrow
Observe global best practices
Believe in service excellence
Lead with universal principles
Empower for sustainable growth

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Trident Edutech

Education Technology (EduTech), also known as Virtual Learning, focuses on digital learning, or e-learning, for primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions in South Africa.

Trident Edutech has entered into strategic partnerships with Encyclopaedia Britannica (United Kingdom) and Vodacom (South Africa) to deliver the Britannica suite of services i.e. Britannica School, Britannica ImageQuest, Britannica LaunchPacks and Britannica Library, to the education sector in South Africa i.e. see https://www.tridentdigitalenterprises.com/edutech

Trident Edutech has invested in digitalising and automating the customer acquisition process and is now available directly to institutions i.e. schools, colleges and universities, and consumers, the latter in collaboration with Vodacom (South Africa).

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Trident Fintech

Financial Technology (FinTech) focuses on disruptive financial services solutions which encompass mobile wallets, international remittances and cryptocurrencies.

Trident Fintech has entered into strategic partnerships with At Threesixty Finance (South Africa), the Global Islamic Financial Services Firm (GIFS) (United Arab Emirates) and Trustlink Payment Network (South Africa) to offer a range of peer-to-peer (P2P), business and personal loan services and mobile top-up for airtime and data value-added services i.e. see https://www.tridentdigitalenterprises.com/fintech

The Trident Mobile Wallet is available for download from the Apple App and Google Play stores and is being promoted via the Trident Fintech page on Facebook and Trident Fintech website.

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Trident SportTech

Sporting Technology (SportTech) focuses on sports entertainment through digital streaming, gaming services and Internet radio. (The service is expected to be launched in Q3 2022.)
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Trident Trademarks

Trident has the following registered trademarks i.e.

Trident has formalised strategic partnerships with digital content providers to offer world-class e- learning from the convenience of a laptop or smartphone connected to the Internet or WiFi service.