SUCCESS FACTORS

Since early 1994 Uview, through its various subsidiaries has been designing, hosting, marketing and managing websites for a wide range of clients in many and varied fields.

Steerage Information & Marketing trading as Steerage Marine has successfully introduced a wide range of South African marine manufacturers and their products to the international market resulting in export revenue for the country in this field alone estimated to be in excess of $500 million over a ten year period.

The majority of this revenue has been derived from the establishment of an extensive international agency network by many of Steerage's clients as a direct result of their online presence (business to business commerce).......... a presence which has been responsible for the sale of numerous 35' - 50' cruising catamarans by various manufacturers as well as a comprehensive range of quality full and reinforced inflatable craft, consoles and other fittings to the recreational, commercial and military markets worldwide. Considerable income has also been derived from the export and contract management of recreational Daysailer catamarans and equipment and materials for the establishment of buoy demarcation systems in the Indian Ocean Islands.

Proactive marketing of tourism and tourist activity related websites has also resulted in considerable revenue from abroad for many of the client operators involved, just as it has for a number of those Real Estate Agency operators who have taken their internet presence seriously and actively advertised their URL's. Many success stories can be derived from this sector of Uview's subsidiaries ......... quantifying the success however is somewhat different from the manufacturing sector as much of the business is inter-agency related and ultimately commission based with no-one actually able to measure the gross cost of a package or the cash value of 'tourist spend' in the country as a result of that package. In terms of the Uview client base it is however thought to be considerable with a fair percentage being derived directly as a result of the marine sales activity.

As a result of the establishment of the African International Shopping Mall in 1996, and the subsequent merchant partner status which this operation achieved within the ambits of the ITU's ECDC (Electronic Commerce for Developing Countries), a considerable amount of art and artifacts from practically all of the sub-Saharan countries have been sold to individuals, collectors, traders around the world as well as to institutions such as the Mask Museum in Mauritius and Disney's Animal Kingdom in Florida.

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