ABC Bank has been awarded the Special Award for Product Innovation in the 2016 Think Business Awards. The bank was recognized for its game-changing Revenue Collection and Management Solution it developed for Kirinyaga County. The bank becomes the first entrant to claim the win in the category which was introduced this year.
Following the establishment of devolved governments in Kenya, county governments were expected to collect their own revenue to plug in the gap between allocation of revenue from the central government and their own budget.
This made it necessary for county governments to streamline their revenue collection systems and channels to make them more efficient and effective, to forestall challenges associated with the predecessor, Local Authorities. To achieve this, they have to replace the traditional systems with new technology-based systems.
The bank successfully tendered for the Kirinyaga County government revenue collection and management system bid in 2014, and teamed up with technology company Techno Brain to develop and implement the award-winning solution. The solution also saw the county government awarded the 1st Runners Up, Best County Initiative Award during the Connected Summit.
