Automative Industry

Kenya

Marshalls is a distributor for international motor vehicle brands and related products. Realising that its technology systems were ageing, it took a strategic decision to modernise its software as well as upgrade its approach to business, by implementing Microsoft Business Solutions–Navision and Incadea DMS to cover all requirements of the car dealership industry.

Commercial Finance

Mauritius

Mauritius Commercial Bank offers a wide range of personal banking solutions supported by a network of 42 branches and 10 exchange offices. It needed a simple and secure infrastructure on which it could build new business processes and applications for expanded financial services throughout its subsidiaries.

Consumer Finance

Nigeria and Ghana

Access Bank needed to reduce the complexity and inefficiency of its 29 Microsoft Windows NT domains, and upgrade its entire infrastructure. So the bank implemented several Microsoft products, including Active Directory, to reduce complexity, administration costs, and to increase performance.

Electric Power

Namibia

NamPower specialises in the generation and transmission of electricity. Its IT infrastructure was based on Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, which was due to become unsupported so an upgrade was needed to a more scalable and manageable system.

Healthcare Providers

Kenya

AAR Health Services runs over 15 health centres in East and Central Africa. Due to the increasing mobility of its workforce, AAR Health sought to enable remote access to its network in a controlled and manageable manner. It considered several potential solutions - among them an open source-based solution – before opting to go with the Microsoft-based solution proposed by the international vendor.

Household Products

Kenya

Bidco Oil Refineries is the largest manufacturer and distributor of high-quality edible oils, fats, margarine, soaps, and detergents in the East and southern African regions. It had an intranet solution that did not deliver the required collaboration and integration the company was seeking, so it migrated to a Microsoft-based solution to improve productivity across the distributed enterprise.

Media and Entertainment Industry

Mauritius

Parabole is a small, Mauritius-based satellite TV and radio broadcasting company.The broadcaster wanted to allow the local and wider Indian Ocean community to receive the radio channel through their Parabole set-top boxes.

Other Professional Services

Namibia

Trustco wanted to move from a largely ‘fat client’ mixed environment using a combination of Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Linux to a more cost-effective and manageable thin client deployment.

Pharmaceutical Supplies and Distribution

Uganda

National Medical Stores (NMS) is an autonomous Ugandan government corporation established by the National Medical Stores Statute, which came into effect in December 1993. NMS required a solution that would efficiently facilitate their complex storage and distribution requirements, while optimizing their supply chain and automating and simplifying their processes.

Public Sector

New Caledonia

Situated in the Southern Province of the South Pacific island, the City of Nouméa is New Caledonia’s capital and economic center. Having difficulties in implementing new technology, Nouméa city Council sought to reduce the complexity of its IT environment for improved service to the public, tightened security, and increased collaboration.

Transportation

Madagascar

As the national airline of the Republic of Madagascar, Air Madagascar provides air transport services to 51 towns and localities on the island as well as international flights. The company came under pressure to bring its services up to international standards. In upgrading, the company wanted to ensure additional benefits to the operations of its organisation.