Financial
institutions in
Rwanda urged
to embrace
new technology
Sophos Mobile 8 launched in
bid to tackle malware
S
peakers at the International Conference
on Responsible and Inclusive Finance
(ICRIF) held in Kigali urged Rwandan
microfinance institutions (MFIs) to embrace
new-age technology to streamline their
operations and to enhance their ability
to extend financial inclusion among the
country’s unbanked and underbanked
population. Straton Habyalimana, Senior
Programme Manager for Responsible
Financing at the Small Enterprise Education
and Promotion Network, told the 400
delegates that MFIs should adopt digital
platforms to enhance their interactions with
their customers, while Kigali-based digital
financial services expert James Kwezi, added
that MFIs should use technology to become
more efficient and profitable.
This aligns with the National Bank of
Rwanda’s (BNR) call to Rwandan financial
sector firms to embrace automation to
reduce their operating costs and their rate of
bad loans. “Many microfinance institutions
in East Africa still depend on paper-driven
processes or Excel spreadsheets to manage
their businesses,” said Vedran Lescan,
Business Development Manager at Oradian,
a global financial inclusion company that
delivers a cloud-based toolset for financial
institutions. “But with the latest advances
in financial technology (FinTech) and
cloud software, Rwandan MFIs now have
access to powerful, affordable tools that
can help them transform inefficiencies into
operational excellence, scale their businesses
for rapid growth and get better visibility into
the performance of their portfolios. This, in
turn, can boost their profitability and enable
them to better serve the needs of their
financially excluded customers.”
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Sophos has launched its Mobile 8 security
solution in a bid to tackle the growing threat
of malware
S
ophos has unveiled the latest version
of its Unified Endpoint Management
(UEM) and mobile security solution.
The Sophos Mobile 8 lets administrators
manage and secure corporate-owned
and personal Mac, Windows and mobile
endpoints in the cloud-based Sophos
Central management platform to deliver
a simpler management strategy for
businesses of any size.
This unified approach to endpoint
management ensures consistent
security policies and secure access to
resources regardless of an employee’s
choice of device.
Sophos Mobile 8 adds a range of
management features like MacOS
management and configuration,
Windows 10 application management,
and extended Android and iOS
management functionality.
“Mobile devices continue to be the
fastest growing malware target,” said
Dan Schiappa, Senior Vice-President and
General Manager of Products at Sophos.
“Personal and IoT devices on the network
represent a significant threat to corporate
security due to management and
discovery issues.
“With Sophos Mobile 8, IT admins
in any size of business can manage
and secure all their MacOS, Windows
and mobile endpoints from a single
management platform.
“This streamlined approach to security
management helps both administrators
and users save time and effort, improving
productivity across the business.
“Our Unified Endpoint Management
solution can protect user productivity
within a secure operating environment.”
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