Symphony’s history goes back to 1979, when The Da Gama Rose Group launched Computer Applications Ltd (CAL). CAL was Wang’s exclusive business partner for numerous countries in Eastern Africa.

By 1984, an independent study carried out by Price Waterhouse, showed that CAL had already become the IT market leader in Kenya.

Each of the Group companies established itself in its area of focus, and each had pioneered major breakthroughs in technology. But by 1999 it became increasingly apparent that there should be more synergy between them.

The result of six leading Group–owned IT companies being harmonised into one brought about the merger of:

• Computer Applications Ltd (CAL) – Wang’s exclusive business partner for numerous countries in Eastern Africa.
• Legend Technologies – Set up in the Export Processing Zone to assemble its own Legend-branded PCs.
• Impact Consultants –A company that provided software and the associated IT consultancy including that in the ERP domain.
• MagnetiCAL – The first of CAL’s sister companies bringing in UPSs, structured cabling and other power products to support the computer environment.
• Systems Reliability Ltd (SRL) – Specialised in communication needs only in third party maintenance.
• Action Plus – A Smart card technology and National Identity Card projects Specialist Company.

The process was taken to its logical conclusion when they were all fused into a single entity, Symphony.