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Central Bank of Kenya

The project was to achieve a maximum four days cheques clearing period, as per the newly intoduced government policy. It involved the supply, installation, and commissioning of Mainframe Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) hardware and software at the Central Bank of Kenya. Symphony subcontracted Advanced Financials System of Oklahoma US, to supply MICR application software, while it supplied hardware sourced through IBM. The complete system was delivered, installed and commissioned in November 2000.

Kenya Revenue Authority

The revenue collection system computerisation project involved the supply, installation, and maintenance of an application system to handle Customs and Excise Financial / Revenue Procedures and Management, together with the requisite WAN hardware. Seven servers were installed in seven branches countrywide, and connected via WAN. Symphony was the prime contractor, who identified Bishops Gate Software Ltd. of the UK, to supply Bofins software running on Wang VS hardware.

Nairobi Stock Exchange

The project was to replace the Nairobi Stock Exchange's manual trading system with an Automated Trading System (ATS), and to provide a computerised depository and settlement system for the Central Depository and Settlement Corporation (CDSC). It involved the supply and installation of hardware and software for both systems. The ATS and Depository System software was sourced from Millennium Information Technologies of Colombo, Sri Lanka, while Symphony supplied, installed and commissioned the hardware, software and networking infrastructure.

SIMTEL, Rwanda

The project was to set up a national inter-bank electronic payments system, to serve as an authorisation engine for transactions originating from Point of Sale (POS) terminals, Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), and even mobile phones. It involved supplying, installing and commissioning an ATM Switch, including ATM and POS switching software, IBM and Sun servers, Cisco network switches, Oracle database software, IBM desktops, Epson printers, and GE Victron uniterruptible power supplies (UPSs).