Alviva to leverage services strength for growth over next year

Business information and communication technology (ICT) company Alviva will leverage the investments made into its subsidiaries and infrastructure, which has helped to reduce gearing, broadened its offerings and improved efficiencies, to drive growth over the next year. The firm had increased the earnings from its services segment to 33% of total earnings for the financial year ended June 30 (R271.9-million of R824-million), up from 22.5% a year ago, Alviva CEO Pierre Spies said on Thursday.