{"id":5884,"date":"2016-08-21T08:46:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-21T06:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefireflyinnovations.com\/home\/?page_id=5884"},"modified":"2022-09-06T21:25:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T19:25:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thefireflyinnovations.com\/home\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_1=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_1=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_2=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_2=&#8221;off&#8221; column_padding_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; 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(A South African private company) develops growth programs under our trade names Ecom-vision and The Firefly Innovations<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Our client base<\/u> <\/strong>includes companies like <em>Barloworld see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barloworld.com\/\">https:\/\/www.barloworld.com<\/a> and OLD Mutual PLC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oldmutual.com\/\">https:\/\/www.oldmutual.com<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Some of our growth programs are:-<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_tabs admin_label=&#8221;Tabs&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>[et_pb_tab title=&#8221;\u201cAgri 2000\u201d&#8221; tab_font_select=&#8221;default&#8221; tab_font=&#8221;||||&#8221; tab_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; tab_line_height_tablet=&#8221;2em&#8221; tab_line_height_phone=&#8221;2em&#8221; body_font_select=&#8221;default&#8221; body_font=&#8221;||||&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; body_line_height_tablet=&#8221;2em&#8221; body_line_height_phone=&#8221;2em&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>South African and SADC<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong><u>Agri 2000<\/u>\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agri2000.co.za\/\">www.agri2000.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The program\u2019s aim is to accelerate economic growth via agriculture and to enable the people of Africa to develop themselves and <strong><u>become proud global citizens<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=&#8221;Nigeria&#8221; tab_font_select=&#8221;default&#8221; tab_font=&#8221;||||&#8221; tab_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; tab_line_height_tablet=&#8221;2em&#8221; tab_line_height_phone=&#8221;2em&#8221; body_font_select=&#8221;default&#8221; body_font=&#8221;||||&#8221; body_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; body_line_height_tablet=&#8221;2em&#8221; body_line_height_phone=&#8221;2em&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Nigeria<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The program \u201cMy National Union of Electricity Employees\u201d focuses on economic development in Nigeria. 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