The growth trajectory gained by deposit-taking Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) in 2017 was according to key financial growth parameters appealing. With total assets increasing to Ksh 442.27 billion in 2017, it reflected a growth rate of 12.4 percent from the previous year. The total loans shot to Ksh 331.2 billion reflecting a hike of 11.29 percent from 2016; while deposits grew to Ksh 305.3 billion reflecting a growth rate of 12 percent from the previous year.<\/p>\n
Unlike in the banking sector, this growth has happened with very little technological interventions, but the sector is now ripe for technology-driven efficiencies and innovation; to digitally transform and deploy technologies to meet changing customer demands and transform the customer experience. It is against this background that CIO East Africa is hosting the premier SaccoTech Summit.<\/p>\n
\u201cEast Africa SaccoTech Forum purposes to explore technology use-case and discuss ways in which the Sacco Societies can effectively identify, adopt and benefit from the implementation of disruptive technologies including Artificial Intelligence and Big Data.\u201d Laura Chite, CEO CIO East Africa, concluded.<\/p>\n
Onditi further explained it is forums such as the SaccoTech that will help Saccos plan their next move with the fourth industrial revolution just around the corner. The forum, themed: Harnessing technology in SACCOS for Socio-Economic Development <\/em><\/strong>kicked off with a boom, with over 100 Finance and IT Professionals from across the country attending.<\/p>\n On their part, Onditi says that Pathways is ready to help Saccos take the right steps toward digitization by providing them with the proper solutions.<\/p>\n \u201cWe specialize in helping to make sense of your data. We are experts in Multi-System Integration, Analytics and Business Intelligence. We implement Software Solutions that Enable Automation of Operations as well as Support Analytic Initiatives,\u201d Onditi added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The growth trajectory gained by deposit-taking Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) in 2017 was according to key financial growth parameters appealing. With total assets increasing to Ksh 442.27 billion in 2017, it reflected a growth rate of 12.4 percent from the previous year. The total loans shot to Ksh 331.2 billion reflecting a hike of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,5],"tags":[33,60,59],"class_list":["post-7599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-data-analytics","category-technology","tag-data-analytics","tag-finance-analytics","tag-saccos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t