#KENYASACCOFINTECHAWARDS
Leading fintech firms offering the best Sacco financial technology will be feted and recognized in the inaugural KENYA SACCO FINTECH AWARDS slated for December this year.
The colourful and prestigious fete will be the first Co-operatives industry-Sacco sector-driven awards running every 4th quarter of the year with nominations running between 1st -15th October featuring home-grown fintech firms.
The goal is to promote technically sound, innovative, and tech-adaptive SACCOs in Kenya. It is spearheaded by http://kathurimaassociates.com/ that plays an essential role in enlightening the ICT teams regionally through Regional FINTECH forums: where FINTECH/VENDORS sponsor demo-based forums and train ICT team from various SACCOs on emerging trends in financial technology on several Technical Training areas such as ICT Project Management, Data Analytics, Cyber Security, etc. The goal is to equip the ICT team with necessary ICT knowledge and skills that are up-to-date.
Most stakeholders like SACCO consultants and SACCOs have embraced the idea to award various FINTECHs annually.
The awards will be categorized in:
- BEST FINTECH CEO.
- BEST FINTECH COMPANY IN CBS, MOBILE & AGENCY BANKING PLATFORMS.
- BEST FINTECH START-UP COMPANY IN CBS, MOBILE & AGENCY BANKING PLATFORMS.
- BEST IN DATA HANDLING & ANALYTICS.
- BEST IN CYBER SECURITY.
- BEST IN CARD: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
A nomination survey has been conducted where respondents were guided by the following parameters:
i. Customer support.
ii. Systems security measures.
iii. System uptime.
iv. Data management.
v. CRM features.
vi. Interoperability.
vii. Innovation, Emerging technologies.
A final vote pitting the top 3 nominees in every category will run to award the top candidate (The Best in respective categories)
The following are nomination results in no particular ranking:
- BEST FINTECH CEO-2021.
a. Moses Magero
b. Tobias Otieno
c. Geoffrey (Jeff) Inyundere
2. BEST FINTECH COMPANY IN CBS, MOBILE & AGENCY BANKING PLATFORMS.
CBS
a. Centrino Technologies Ltd.
b. CoreTec Africa
c. Lanstar Technologies Ltd.
d. Sure-Step
e. Neptune Software Group
MOBILE
a. Tangazo letu
b. Centrino Technologies Ltd.
c. CoreTec Africa
d. Skyworld
AGENCY
a. Lanstar Technologies.
b. Eclectics International.
c. Jumbo star Technologies.
d. Centrino Technologies Ltd.
3. BEST OVERALL FINTECH START-UP COMPANY.
a. KWARA.
b. PRESTA Kenya.
c. CalWIDE Solutions.
- BEST IN DATA HANDLING & ANALYTICS.
a. EVAIL.
b. CoreTec Africa
c. East African Data Handlers - BEST IN CYBER SECURITY.
a. SALAAM.
b. Comztech Ltd
c. Serianu - BEST IN CARD: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
a. Interswitch Kenya.
b. CoreTec Africa.
NB:
i. Voting period: 1ST -30 Nov 2021.
ii. Voting Link will be provided in due course
iii. Awards to be closed by 15th December 2021.
