Agility Global Health Solutions[Africa] wins at the Technology Top 100 Awards
07 December 2012
Michelle Schreuder-Rankin
George Roper ? CEO of Agility ? Africa and Wilma Liebenberg ? Operations Director
Leading healthcare solutions provider, Agility Global Health Solutions [Africa] (AGHS [Africa]), was lauded by the Department of Science and Technology Minister, Derek Hanekom, at the prestigious Technology Top 100 Awards. The Honorary Minister presented
The company also received accolades in the Excellence in People Management and Excellence in System Management sub-categories. Further to this achievement, AGHS [Africa] was also announced as a finalist for Excellence in Management of Technology, Innovation and Research.
Now in its 21st year, the Technology Top 100 awards has evolved into one of the leading business award programmes in South Africa, and aims to encourage a culture of technological innovation and excellence in local companies.
As a winner, AGHS[Africa] was celebrated for its overall excellence in business factors including: people management, empowerment credentials, strategic focus, marketing, ownership of Intellectual Property and market base growth.
“AGHS [Africa] has recently undergone a complete overhaul on all its main administrative technology platforms, with an increased focus on automated systems and the introduction of clinical intellectual property to reduce manual intervention,” says George Roper, Chief Executive Officer for AGHS [Africa].
“Key to our success is the fact that we have streamlined our overall processes to ultimately benefit employees, members and overall operations,” he continues.
“As a South African entrepreneurial company, our Group has experienced phenomenal success in expanding our international market and we aim to continue broadening this international footprint,” says Roper.
“We are extremely proud of this achievement. The Technology Top 100 Awards is recognised as one of the premier business excellence awards and celebrates the achievements of some of the most innovative developers of technology in South Africa. We have significantly improved our performance this year and are extremely proud to be associated with a winning team of this calibre,” concludes Roper.