To celebrate and award the achievements of Kenya’s banking industry, Think Business Limited, in partnership with Wavetec, organized THINK BUSINESS BANKING AWARDS 2016.

Wavetec, a multinational technology company with expertise in the domain of Customer Experience Solutions in retail areas, once again partnered with Think Business Africa for Banking Awards 2016 that were held on the 29th of April at Redisson Blue Hotel, Nairobi. The event is organized annually to encourage prudence and stability in Africa’s banking sector by recognizing, awarding and celebrating exemplary performance.

In its 11th year, the highly influential event was host to over 300 attendees and managed to draw the attention of the banking stakeholders to the performance of the various players in the sector, consequently, encouraging competition.

The Banking Awards this year were based on the theme “Enhancing access to credit through customer scoring” and awarded banks for delivering best performance in services such as Mobile Banking, Internet Banking, Product Innovation, Product Marketing, SME Banking, Retail Banking, Corporate Banking.

Deputy CEO of Wavetec, Tobias Bessone presented the Winner award for the Category of Best Bank in Retail Banking to Equity bank Kenya, and the Runner-up award to KCB Kenya. He stated, “It is a pleasure to be a part of the Banking Awards Kenya to witness amazing performance by the leading banks of Africa. We have over 130+ systems running at KCB and Equity bank branches, and it is indeed exciting to see these banks amongst the winners.”

Wavetec is a global player in the sphere of Customer Experience Solutions and Financial Market Displays. Innovating since 1986, our headquarters are located in United Arab Emirates, whereas we have eight regional offices across the globe. Wavetec has a strong presence in the African market and caters to the banking sector with its customer experience solutions to improve customer banking experiences.