Christophe Du Mée was born in Mauritius. During his professional career in the world of financial services, he found himself working in conjunction with what is now the majority partner of Hyperclear on several occasions.
Du Mée, who acknowledges, with a laugh, having learned the Spanish language by watching the Argentine soap opera Muñeca Brava, married a Uruguayan and, as a family, they decided to leave the African continent and give Uruguay a chance. It was at that moment when both partners witnessed the effervescence of the Uruguayan technological ecosystem and decided to land in the country with the business group, analyze the market and look for opportunities.
The holding company has a regional office in South Africa and another in the UK, while the parent company is located in Mauritius.
Its purpose is to solve problems through technology in emerging markets. Among these, there are basic solutions such as email management to more complex ones such as an application of digital vouchers to make payments.
These and other solutions of the nine companies that are part of the group are already in several African countries and now they plan to replicate it in South America with a hub in Uruguay.
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Sinegia Punta del Este office
“The strategy of this group is to make acquisitions and grow by investing in companies that have the same philosophy of solving problems through technology,” Du Mée stressed.
According to the Hyperclear partner, the reality of the South American continent is very similar to that of the sub-Saharan area of the African continent. Its presence in Uruguay is justified precisely in capturing these similarities in a back and forth of solutions and investments. “The idea is to apply the technologies that are already working well in Africa to South America and vice versa,” he pointed out.
For Du Mée, Mauritius Island and Uruguay are also similar. “Mauritius Island is a financial center and many companies use it to invest in the African continent because it has very favorable investment conditions,” said the businessman and argued that being part of the Commonwealth (or pool of nations, in Spanish) makes that investors bet on this destination. “Uruguay is the platform to invest in the South American continent,” said Christophe Du Mée.
Hyperclear’s first foot in the region is precisely in the Sinergia Punta del Este offices. “For a foreigner like me, Sinergia is spectacular because it provides everything resolved,” he said, and highlighted: “I started working on the same day.” Along the same lines, he remarked that being part of the Sinergia community “is perfect” for a company with the characteristics of Hyperclear.
The Hyperclear holding company is already analyzing several companies in Uruguay and is studying the local and regional market and the rules of the game. “It is still early to make investments, but we are exploring the opportunities,” concluded the businessman.
