EDITOR’S
NOTE
W
elcome to the latest edition of
Intelligent CIO Africa. As you will
no doubt be aware the world has
been turned upside-down since our last issue.
At that time we were certainly all aware of
the outbreak of Coronavirus in China.
We’ve seen it spread across the globe but
few of us would have expected to have seen
the explosion of cases that we have. The virus
has had a massive impact on everybody’s life
with many countries opting for a lockdown
meaning our well-established life and work
routines have been thoroughly disrupted.
Of course, the work of IT companies has
reflected the concerns of the world around it.
And that’s why we have handed over large
chunks of the magazine to its coverage.
Our news section is dominated by the
subject and I would encourage you to read
daily news updates on our website at
www.intelligentcio.com/africa/.
Gracing the cover of this edition’s magazine
is Kennedy Uzoka, Group Managing Director,
UBA Group. When the United Bank of Africa
needed a state-of-the-art banking platform
to support its transformation plans it turned
www.intelligentcio.com
to Infosys Finacle. The platform would need
to enable the bank to consolidate its strategic
positioning as well as capitalise on the
extensive opportunities in the African market.
Key benefits include creating a strong
technology architecture to provide a top-
class customer experience while accelerating
innovation across all business models.
“At UBA, we have always looked to drive
greater financial inclusion across Africa. It
has become vital for banks to have a strong
technology architecture in place to provide
a customer experience at par with digital
disruptors across channels while accelerating
innovations across new business models,”
Uzoka told us.
“With Infosys Finacle, we now have a strong
digital suite that enables the bank to drive
growth while providing an exceptional
banking experience to our growing retail,
SME, institutional and corporate customers.”
operations are headquartered in Cape
Town, tells us about how African women are
making a huge contribution to technology.
She tells us: “Successful women in
technology and the sciences must be
celebrated and brought to the fore so that
they are visible.”
You can read more of her opinions on
page 19.
As usual, we have all your favourite
features and a news round-up from across
the region. And please don’t forget if you
would like to get in touch, email me at paul@
lynchpinmedia.co.uk.
I’d like to wish you a good month ahead and
please enjoy the read!
You can find out more by turning to page 50.
Elsewhere in the magazine, Barbara
McCarthy, Global CTO at international
mobile top-up platform Ding, whose African
Paul Rogers
Editor
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