Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 29 | Page 53

CASE CASE STUDY STUDY WHILE THE COUNTRY IS AT AN EARLY STAGE, THE WHOLE PROCESS IS DEPENDENT ON IT AND OUR NEW SYSTEM IS GIVING US AN ADVANTAGE. are a digitally driven business, and our bank is benefiting from the cost savings and efficiencies we are seeing from the new technology.” Dawit Birhanu, CEO at WebSprix, said the BOA had the courage to approach a methodology that is new to Ethiopia and stuck with its decision. “They are seeing the results of this courage and as we see other banks in the region ask to come and see their data centre, we can see they are a test case for the country as a whole,” he said. www.intelligentcio.com Kibret added that, in Ethiopia, the company is moving to electronic transactions, something that is still paper-based today. “While the country is at an early stage, the whole process is dependent on IT and our new system is giving us an advantage,” said Kibret. “I believe our new infrastructure will help us embrace even more modernisation in our banking environment.” n WE ARE NO LONGER HARDWARE RELIANT– WE ARE SOFTWARE DRIVEN BUSINESS. INTELLIGENTCIO 53