Tuya Smart and Vizia Announce Partnership to Promote the Development of the South African IoT Market

The two companies will cooperate to offer high-quality IoT solutions and affordable smart devices to homes in South Africa.

Johannesburg, Nov. 26, 2020 – South Africa is steadily progressing in the process of its large-scale fibre internet rollout. With the introduction of improved speed and bandwidth, it is the ideal time for consumers to make their homes smarter by entering the IoT space. Tuya Smart, a leading global AIoT platform provider, and Vizia Tech (PTY) LTD, a forward-thinking and innovative South African company, today announced their partnership to promote the development of IoT accessibility in the South African market.

“In Tuya, we have found a partner who can support our mission to bring affordable smart devices to homes in South Africa. Tuya is world-renowned as a mark of quality and innovation, ” says Gidon Kruger, Co-Founder of Vizia. “This was the perfect match with Vizia’s vision – to be a leading company in the IoT space in South Africa by leveraging our strong relationships with many Internet Service Providers (ISP’s), Teleco’s and retailers in South Africa.”

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By choosing Vizia for the partnership, Tuya has a partner at its side who, thanks to its market position, can execute on its partnerships and its track record in delivering high-quality, innovative products to the South African Market. Vizia manages the entire supply chain from concept to product delivery, has a very experienced sourcing division and strong relationships with its partner factories built on years of collaboration, mutual trust, and understanding. All the factories are approved by Tuya, giving the consumer and partners confidence in the quality of the products and solutions being provided. “Our partnership with Tuya makes Vizia Tech poised to be a leading player in the IoT market in South Africa,” adds Kruger.

“With Vizia, we have a partner, who has already launched many successful brands in South Africa and has become the leader in Wi-Fi UPS’s in the country,” says Johnny Lu, General Manager of Tuya Latin America, Middle East, and Africa. “Vizia brings many advantages to the South African IoT and smart home environment, and we are looking forward to supporting Vizia to help its partners in developing their IoT Apps easily, thus capturing the home.”

Thanks to the rapid IoT market development and the partnership with Tuya, Vizia Tech is planning a road map in which it intends to roll out more than 20 connected devices in the next six months. Supporting their clear objective of becoming the top IoT brand and IoT solution provider in South Africa, Tuya’s endorsement underscores Vizia Tech’s position as one to one in the South African tech market.

About Vizia Tech (PTY) Ltd

Vizia is incorporated in South Africa with headquarters in Johannesburg. Vizia Tech is the owner of the Vizia trademarked brand, which has become synonymous with quality and ingenuity. Vizia has sold tens of thousands of smart home connected devices, making it one of the fastest-growing IoT brand in South Africa, as well as one of the fastest-growing consumer electronics brands in the country. Its products are procured and manufactured through its partner factories built on years of collaboration, mutual trust, and understanding.

About Tuya Smart

Tuya Smart is a leading global AIoT platform provider with a unique, all-in-one offering of cloud + connectivity + app that makes it easy and affordable for brands, retailers, and OEMs to make their products smart. Tuya’s platform has smart-enabled, more than 200,000 products in hundreds of categories worldwide, serving over 230,000 developers globally. Tuya is internationally operated with headquarters in the U.S.,

Germany, India, Japan, Colombia, and China.

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