As a young man, I began my professional career supporting HP 9000 server series running on Unix. I would leave my house in Ikeja at 4.30am to be at work in VI at 5.30am so that the system would have enough time to come up. To do that job, you needed a decent knowledge of the Unix operating system.
Once the server was up and running, you needed to issue Oracle commands to bring banking services up so that branches could serve customers. Then, if the network has an issue, you must know certain Cisco commands to troubleshoot before the hardware team could help. It was an amazing job; truly a great experience.
The Unix, the Oracle, the amalgam of systems were built to power one software – Flexcube, a core banking solution. So, when I met these wickedly brilliant founders building a core banking application in Nigeria, I became a friend. They have more than a dozen microfinance banks in them, and they’re growing rapidly. Fintellia’s Udara360 is the African Flexcube and Tekedia Capital is excited to be supporting them.
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If you have a microfinance bank or fintech anywhere in Africa, and need an efficient and scalable core banking application, you have it. The fees are small and we have the support of Amazon to even reduce your costs.
As that happens, help me welcome Fintellia Technologies Limited to Tekedia Capital. Udara360 (yes, udara, the Igbo name for African apple. What a name!). Taste the apple of core banking software with Udara360 and grow your banking operations! Connect with CEO Samuel Ukpong
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