Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 37 | Page 50

Profile ////////////////// Why the tech sector needs to re-gear its approach to innovation r Vi Global financial services company, Mastercard, is at the forefront of the payments industry and has implemented many new technologies. But that’s not to say it hasn’t come without its challenges. Gaurang Shah, the Senior Vice President for Digital Payments and Labs for Middle East and Africa at Mastercard, tells Intelligent CIO how it has used a three-pronged approach in order to be innovative. ts 50 INTELLIGENTCIO an d L ab s fo r M id ast dle Eas t and Africa, M rd erca www.intelligentcio.com