The Groupement Insoft-Saphir Systems, a leading provider of advanced software solutions in the Middle East and Africa, proudly participated in GITEX AFRICA 2024 (https://GITEXAfrica.com), held from May 29 to 31. As part of the premier technology event in Africa, the Groupement highlighted its cutting-edge solutions designed to drive digital transformation across various industries.

Insoft showcased its flagship solutions, Assabil and weSign, which are tailored to optimize sales force automation and streamline digital workflows, respectively.

Assabil by Insoft is a comprehensive sales force automation solution designed to enhance sales performance through several key features:

– Itinerary Optimization: Streamlines sales routes to maximize efficiency and reduce travel time.

– Market Data Appropriation: Provides detailed insights into customer visits and sales activities, enabling data-driven decisions.

– Real-Time Sales Activity Monitoring: Allows businesses to track sales performance in real-time, ensuring strategic oversight and quick adjustments.

– Customer Dashboard and Loyalty Management: Offers tools for managing customer relationships and loyalty programs, driving repeat business and customer satisfaction.

weSign by Insoft revolutionizes document management by offering:

– Seamless Integration: Easily integrates with existing systems to provide a unified workflow solution.

– Automated Task Management: Simplifies processes with automated reminders and follow-ups, ensuring no task is overlooked.

– Robust Security Measures: Ensures compliance and secure access to sensitive documents through advanced security protocols.

– Real-Time Tracking and Notifications: Keeps users informed about document status and workflow progress with instant updates.

Saphir Systems presented its innovative LEAN solution, a comprehensive financial services platform that offers:

– Modular Financial Services Platform: LEAN is designed to provide a secure and agile environment for digital banking, mobile money, and agent network management.

– High Security and Scalability: Meets stringent security requirements and scales to accommodate growing business needs.

– Rich API for Integration: Facilitates rapid integration with third-party systems, allowing for easy customization to meet specific business requirements.

– Comprehensive Functional Coverage: Supports a wide range of financial services, including wallet management, P2P transfers, salary payments, and more.

“We were thrilled to participate in GITEX AFRICA 2024 and showcase our innovative solutions that empower businesses to achieve operational excellence and digital transformation,” said Mr.Benider Abdellatif, CEO of The Groupement Insoft-Saphir Systems. “Our commitment to innovation and customer satisfaction drives us to continuously enhance our offerings and support our clients in their digital journeys.”

Attendees of GITEX AFRICA 2024 had the opportunity to visit The Groupement Insoft-Saphir Systems at booth 5E-06 to experience firsthand the transformative power of Assabil, weSign, and LEAN solutions.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of GITEX Africa.

For more information, please contact:
Email: abdellatif.benider@insoft.ma
Phone: +212661172530
Website: www.Insoft.ma
www.SaphirSystems.com

About The Groupement Insoft-Saphir Systems:
The Groupement Insoft-Saphir Systems is a collaboration of two leading technology companies, Insoft and Saphir Systems, dedicated to delivering innovative software solutions across the Middle East and Africa. Insoft specializes in sales force automation and workflow management, while Saphir Systems focuses on financial services platforms. Together, they provide comprehensive solutions that drive efficiency and growth for their clients.

Business silos have their purpose, but they are not effective. Connect the dots, and the results pay handsomely. This wisdom can revolutionise payroll operations and employee relationships. What should companies know about integrating payroll (or other operations)?

The case for integration

In Charles Duhigg’s award-winning book Habits, he tells the story of Tony Dungy, the first African-American head coach to win the Superbowl, the peak of competitive American Football. Dungy’s success hinged on a central principle: keep practising the team until their plays became reactions. The team that doesn’t have to think to respond is quicker than the one that does. The more integrated the team is, the better it performs.

Sports teams are a fitting comparison for organisations. They rely on their players’ individual skills and talents, yet those players don’t succeed if everyone is isolated and there are significant delays between them. Businesses call these ‘silos’. Silos are not bad. Like a talented player, a silo creates a safe space for people and processes to flourish. But if they are too isolated, they quickly lose their effectiveness.

The answer is integration, says Warren van Wyk, Director at PaySpace, “Silos are important but have their limits. It’s tempting to try and remove those silos, but that is often the wrong approach. It’s much more effective to integrate silos by connecting them through special channels. The concept works well in business, and it works incredibly well in modern technology.”

Today’s digital systems thrive through integration, often called the ‘API economy’. An API (application programming interface) is software that translates instructions between two systems. For example, rather than multiple applications having copies of a database, they can all draw information from a central database via its API, cutting down on duplication and confusion.

Integration forms the modern digital economy’s backbone, along with the cloud and broadband internet. When businesses integrate their primary systems, they produce substantial benefits.

Payroll that works for everyone

Payroll systems offer a practical example of this dynamic. Payroll is typically isolated. Though it might share some connections with other business systems, such as HR and finance, the information is often added manually and usually by a handful of people who crunch payroll runs at monthly intervals.

This is labour-intensive, prone to errors, opens opportunities for fraud, and stops payroll from becoming a living part of the organisation. Yet payroll is crucial to every company. Miss a salary run or miscalculate remuneration, and you quickly have angry employees. Isolated payrolls also drag down the speed of leave applications and are often marginalised in financial discussions.

“An isolated payroll system is not a benefit,” says van Wyk. “Even if it works, I can guarantee it is still inefficient and lacks visibility. Many CFOs and other finance professionals have a very hands-off relationship with payroll, which doesn’t make sense as it’s often their biggest and most complicated expenditure. But the reason they end up there is because it’s easy for payroll to fall into a silo rut.”

Getting payroll integration right

Integration overcomes the silos and marginalised operations in a business. It can be a complicated journey but with great benefits. Smooth the transition with these tips:

Look for an HR, finance or ERP platform that offers payroll integration options. Outdated and legacy software struggles with integration, while new-generation cloud-native platforms are natural. These platforms can partner with other modern software, such as cloud-native and multi-tenant payroll platforms with native API capabilities.

Embrace APIs. Some providers work around integration shortcomings by using flat files or other tricks. However, an API approach is the only truly effective and long-term way to invest in integration for payroll or any other business area.

Involve the system’s users. The departments and people who use those systems are crucial to helping plan and design the relevant processes and data. Manage integration through collaboration, not dictation.

Take stock of in-house skills. Larger enterprises with substantial IT skills may have some of what they need for integration projects. Using these skills will help reduce project costs and improve delivery times. But integration is specialised—don’t make the mistake of thinking in-house technologies can do it all. They will need complementing partner skills and experience.

Explore Integration Platform as a Service (iPaas) Tools. These toolsets enable you to rapidly build powerful applications, data and API integrations from a single interface in minutes using a low code integration platform. This could result in substantial savings if you have the in-house technical skills that are not necessarily specialised back-end sleepers.

Vet your integration partner. An integration partner brings experience and skills to the table. They should be able to demonstrate their project history and provide reference sites. Select partners that do their homework, especially towards understanding the specific systems you want to integrate.

Go cloud-native. Genuine cloud-native systems support integration, digital workflow design, and business process management. The best sign of a cloud-native system is a single-instance, multi-tenant platform, meaning one cloud software serves multiple customers. This model powers SalesForce, Slack, Microsoft 365, and other cloud-era giants. Cloud-native software is more affordable, faster to integrate, and future-proof.

Not sure where to start? Contact specialists such as PaySpace to discuss your payroll integration options, and start making this crucial business silo a team player in your enterprise.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of PaySpace.

For media queries please contact Jacqueline Mayer at jacqueline@innocomm.co.za.

About PaySpace (www.PaySpace.com):
Cloud-native from inception, the PaySpace proprietary technology was developed to operate in a highly secure and operationally efficient manner. It was specifically designed to provide multi-country payroll and HR functionality with built-in compliance for organizations of all sizes and industry sectors. It provides a single truth for payroll and HR data – and the tools to make strategic decisions at every level. PaySpace has expanded into 40+ African countries as well as the Middle East, with an imminent launch in the United Kingdom (UK) and Brazil. It is scalable, configurable, highly secure, and easy-to-use allowing anytime, anywhere access to empower payroll and HR teams, driving organizational development.

Avsos, a leading innovator in technology solutions for the aviation industry, proudly participated as an exhibitor at the recently concluded Gitex 2024 Africa (https://GITEXAfrica.com) in Marrakesh. This prestigious event provided a vital platform for Avsos to showcase its suite of advanced operational solutions, including its inflight retail product, Avira Connect, TMAN, Crew Mate, Crew Guru, and the latest addition, Aviro Pair, engaging with global technology leaders.

Avsos introduced its flagship inflight retail product, designed to streamline buy-on-board processes through a powerful AI engine that optimizes load management and reduces wastage. It features comprehensive functionalities like warehouse management, order management, order planning, commission calculation for crew, and revenue reporting, supported by Android-based mobile POS devices.

The company also showcased Avira Connect, its innovative iPaas solution tailored for airline companies, which features a unique integration layer compatible with various technologies and a built-in AI module that predicts operational disruptions.

Adding to its impressive portfolio, Avsos presented TMAN, a specialized tool for optimizing and managing airline turnaround processes. TMAN includes a built-in collaboration module that enhances communication among all parties involved in the turnaround process, improving efficiency and reducing delays.

Furthermore, Avsos launched Crew Mate, a super app designed specifically for flight crews, and Crew Guru, a comprehensive management platform for Crew Management departments, managing all essential tasks for crews, including performance evaluations and payment information.

Newly introduced at Gitex was Aviro Pair, a cloud-based solution for crew pairing that leverages powerful optimization algorithms to minimize the total cost of crew operations. This system handles pair generation from flight data efficiently, ensuring optimal scheduling and cost-efficiency.

“Our participation at Gitex 2024 Africa was an exhilarating opportunity to not only introduce Avsos and our innovative solutions to a broader audience but also to connect with other industry leaders and experts,” said Salih Enver Yurter, CTO of Avsos. “Our products are in use by some of the biggest carriers, demonstrating their effectiveness and reliability in enhancing operational efficiencies and customer service across the airline industry.”

Avsos’s exhibition booth attracted numerous visitors, including potential clients, investors, and technology enthusiasts, eager to learn about the company’s latest innovations and explore ways to incorporate these advancements into their operations.

For more information about Avsos and its comprehensive range of products, please visit https://www.Avsos.ai/

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of GITEX Africa.

Contact:
Ahmet Herekoğlu, CEO

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) – the voice of the African energy sector – will host a reception in London on 11 July 2024. Serving as a prelude to the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energy conference – taking place later this year in Cape Town -, the reception will connect foreign investors with African project opportunities. In line with the AEW: Invest in African Energy (www.AECWeek.com) mandate to make energy poverty history by 2030, the reception aims to kickstart discussions and deals that will be continued in Cape Town from November 4-8. 

Taking place at the Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane from 17:00 to 21:00, the London reception will support European investment opportunities across Africa, allowing participants to explore new avenues in energy project financing across the continent’s mature and emerging markets. During the reception, investors and energy leaders will be given a platform to support energy initiatives that drive economic growth and human development across Africa. 

The reception will showcase Africa’s enormous potential, with sub-Saharan Africa alone boasting over 140 billion barrels of oil equivalent, ready for development. Of this staggering figure, only one-third is developed, thus offering immense opportunities for companies to participate in the continent’s oil and gas drive. According to independent energy research and business intelligent company Rystad Energy, Africa’s greenfield upstream spending is expected to boom during the coming decade, reaching $37 billion by 2025 and $50 billion by 2030. As such, participants at the London reception can expect insights and update into the sector, networking opportunities, presentations and discussions as well as deal flows and access to investment opportunities. 

The reception aims to foster a dynamic business environment between international firms and investors navigating Africa’s vibrant energy landscape. Dedicated to cultivating a robust oil and natural gas market across the continent, the reception also offers a platform for domestic trade and investment while streamlining market barriers for new entrants eager to collaborate with well-established businesses and companies active in the African energy industry.  

Access to affordable and reliable energy is paramount for development, underscoring the urgent need to balance energy development while navigating the complexities of the global energy landscape. Against a backdrop of Africa’s concerted efforts to alleviate energy poverty, which affects over 600 million people lacking reliable and affordable electricity and nearly 900 million lacking access to clean cooking solutions, the reception presents invaluable opportunities that include gas-to-power projects, frontier oil exploration, infrastructure developments and more.  

Advancing a bold agenda for the African energy sector, the AEC strives to unite governments and credible businesses to spur growth under international business practices and position Africa to capitalize on energy investment through strategic partnerships and trade. The reception will serve as the premier platform for international dignitaries, executives and companies to participate and operate in Africa’s energy sector, while simultaneously showcasing the pressing need to balance all forms of energy development to ensure a just energy transition. 

“The London reception offers a unique platform to engage with key stakeholders, explore investment prospects and forge strategic partnerships. From oil and gas exploration to renewable energy projects, we want participants to discover the potential for growth and impact in Africa’s rapidly evolving energy landscape. Don’t miss this chance to be part of Africa’s energy revolution and join us in unlocking the gateway to sustainable development on the back of energy investment,” states AEC Executive Chairman NJ Ayuk. 

Register now at https://apo-opa.co/4ccuzLe or contact register@aecweek.com.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Energy Week (AEW).