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Ericsson appoints Majda Lahlou Kassi as VP and Head of Ericsson West Africa and Morocco
Majda Lahlou Kassi
Ericsson announced the appointment of
Majda Lahlou Kassi as Ericsson ’ s Vice President and Head of Ericsson West Africa and Morocco effective , 1 January 2024 . Having spent close to 25 years at Ericsson , Majda will play a pivotal role in leading the strategic direction and operational excellence of Ericsson ’ s business within this geography , supporting Ericsson ’ s customers with the latest advanced and innovative technologies that will advance the connectivity and ultimately societies in the West African region .
Bringing over two decades of experience , Majda has held several senior leadership roles in technology , sales , strategy , operations , and customer project delivery . She has extensive knowledge regarding telecoms and Information Technology . Prior to her current role , Majda was Head of Networks Solutions leading a team driving customers ’ network evolutions across 13 countries in Ericsson West Africa and Morocco .
Having always believed that diverse , inclusive teams drive performance and innovation to create greater business value , Majda ’ s appointment solidifies Ericsson ’ s commitment to these principles
Commenting on her new role , Majda Lahlou Kassi said , “ I am excited to take on this new role , collaborating closely with our partners and customers to unlock the vast potential of digital transformation in West Africa . My focus is to support our customers , enabling their success while leveraging on our technology and services to drive Ericsson ’ s growth in the region .”
Ericsson enables communications service providers and enterprises to capture the full value of connectivity . The company ’ s portfolio spans the business areas Networks , Cloud Software and Services , Enterprise Wireless Solutions , Global Communications Platform , and Technologies and New Businesses .
It is designed to help our customers go digital , increase efficiency , and find new revenue streams . Ericsson ’ s innovation investments have delivered the benefits of mobility and mobile broadband to billions of people globally .
Synthesis modernises banking and wealth management platform to host PayShap payments
South African international banking and
A wealth management group approached Synthesis to assist them with building their next-gen payments platform and enable delivery of PayShap on it .
The bank ’ s strategic intent was to modernise the legacy banking systems and to build a cloud based next generation payments platform which aims to unify payment processing into a single API driven platform which is highly customisable and provides a single interface into the payments ’ backbone . This payments platform will initially serve as the foundation for PayShap and eventually will support all payment types .
Synthesis assisted the bank in building one of the foundational blocks of their unified payments platform that is instrumental for processing PayShap payments , and also helped the bank to modernise their payments technology architecture .
The architecture is built on an event driven model which is known to provide lower latency for real-time processing . This also helps in decoupling the various systems within a bank thereby reducing failure points . In order to execute the desired solution , Synthesis combined strong domain expertise in payments with technical competence in Microsoft Azure , API build , Akka . NET , and DevOps .
The solution has provided the bank with a scalable , reliable , high performing platform that delivers operational efficiency , simplified governance and improved customer experience . The platform is built to cater for the futuristic needs of the bank by placing strong emphasis on cloud native – microservice driven architecture .
Synthesis is a South African success story . Synthesis believes that providing innovative solutions based on emerging technologies will help their clients become globally competitive . Synthesis focuses on banking and financial institutions , retail , media and telecommunications sectors in South Africa and other emerging markets . p
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