Liquid Telecom Kenya CEO Ben Roberts. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA
By OKUTTAH MARK
Liquid Telecom Kenya has connected KCB
bank’s 24 branches in South Sudan with a wide area network satellite
technology, allowing faster and more efficient banking services for its
customers.
The move marks the ICT firm’s race to grow its market share
among large corporate customers in the region where it is facing
increased competition from rivals like AccessKenya and Wananchi Group.
The Very Small Aperture Technology (VSAT) enables
the branches to access Internet links to the world’s satellite
communication network, making it easy for them to talk to each other in
real time.
This was not possible previously and made it
difficult for customers far from the branches to access information in
real time. The linking of the branches through this technology has
however changed this.
In East Africa, VSAT services are playing a key
role in bringing services closer to the people, with the provision of
seamless connectivity within the banks.
“Limited ICT infrastructure has hampered regional
banking institutions and businesses, as many have had to spend extra to
set up ATMs and internal connections,” said Ben Roberts, CEO Liquid
Telecom Kenya.
“VSAT services are closing this gap by providing quality uninterrupted service,” he said during the announcement.
The project with KCB South Sudan started on
December 1 and was completed by January 31 with Liquid Telecom making at
least two bank installations per week.
This followed extensive pre-planning and
coordination between the two companies to ensure a smooth and swift
rollout to improve banking services for their South Sudanese customers
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