George Njuguna, Chief Information Officer, HF Group was voted
‘CIO of the Year’ for 2018
during the 10th Anniversary of CIO East Africa gala awards hosted at
Enashipai Resort in Naivasha, Kenya.
Consequently,
HF Group also won the Gold Mark and Plus One Award - best financial Services Sector
awards for its innovative digital banking platform, HF Whizz.
Organized
by CIO East Africa Magazine, The prestigious Annual CIO 100 Awards celebrate 100
organizations (and the people within them) who are using information technology
in innovative ways to deliver business value, whether by creating competitive
advantage, optimizing business processes, enabling growth or improving
relationships with customers.
Mr. Njuguna’s
charge has been to create a vision, direction and delivery program for the
company’s digital transformation agenda.
One
of his main achievement is the launch of the Group’s digital financial services
platform, HF Whizz, which has enabled the Group’s banking subsidiary HFC to diversify and grow its digital banking business while
addressing consumer demand for banking on the go.
“The
development of the Whizz platform was a huge undertaking and is one which I’m
proud of as it advances ideas that deliver on the evolving business needs and high
customer expectations and at the same time addresses a broader strategic
objectives of the business,” he said.
While congratulation his team for the big win, the HF Group
Acting Managing Director Sam Waweru reiterated that the win is a big vote of
confidence for the strategic investment the Group has made in digital banking.
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