Incredible Connection is a

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and IT retailer active in

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. Software connection was founded in 1989 by entrepreneurs Michael Glezerson (Australia) and Michael David Smith (Australia). The initial store was located in Sandton City, Johannesburg. In 1995 the first Incredible connection opened in Woodmead, Johannesburg. The company is now the largest

and IT retailer in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

and the African continent. On 15 December 1998, Incredible Connection was acquired by Connection Group Holdings Limited and now operates as subsidiary of that company, itself a subsidiary of

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. As of 2018, Incredible Connection has 78 retail outlets in southern Africa, up from 34 in 2005.

Products

In 2009

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announced that it would makes its products available to Incredible Connection. In late 2010 it began offering

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data bundles to customers purchasing PCs or notebooks through surplus of its redundant

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from SAT3 and Seacom. In 2011,

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announced that its revitalized

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would be available at Incredible Connection.

References

{{Reflist Retail companies of South Africa Companies based in Johannesburg Retail companies established in 1995