Bitsoko Case Study
5.2.3 Impact
APMIS is an online tool that can be accessed via an internet browser. This means that no costly installation of software is required. A simple connection to the internet is sufficient to refer to relevant data which is stored in a cloud. By this manner APMIS is suitable for any type of health institute. The different modules of the HIS system can control the flow of data and thereby improve the management system of respective health facility and the patient care by immediately providing relevant data for the right treatment (Mobile and designing, 2015).
In addition to various health facilities, the organizations’ patients particularly benefit from the online application. Thanks to the platform, registered healthcare facilities …show more content…
The open source blockchain technology is a database where all bitcoin transactions are listed (Nicolai Andersen, 2016; “The MIT License | Open Source Initiative,” n.d.). Today blockchains enable global business transactions and give opportunity for disruptive innovations (“What is blockchain?,” 2017).
Bitsoko is a Kenyan startup which has been established in March 2014. It is a mobile payment platform and takes advantage of the blockchain technology in order to provide merchant and payment services in Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa as a whole (“SOKO | merchant services,” n.d.). Wherever mobile money transactions or mobile bank system are available, transactions can be …show more content…
Therefore, the company cooperates with local industrial organizations and merchants. By this means, Bitsoko is able to provide its services within its payment network. The startup strongly believes that user friendly services can create a system where small payments support all aspects of the financial life. The company has integrated specific services such as energy suppliers or payroll solutions for Kenyan merchants (“SOKO | merchant services,” n.d.). Bitsoko’s solution serves as base for further innovations on the mobile payment platform. For instance, services which are provided on the platform can be replicated so that blockchains of mobile money transactions from East Africa can be integrated over the whole continent and the rest of the world (“SOKO | merchant services,”
APMIS is an online tool that can be accessed via an internet browser. This means that no costly installation of software is required. A simple connection to the internet is sufficient to refer to relevant data which is stored in a cloud. By this manner APMIS is suitable for any type of health institute. The different modules of the HIS system can control the flow of data and thereby improve the management system of respective health facility and the patient care by immediately providing relevant data for the right treatment (Mobile and designing, 2015).
In addition to various health facilities, the organizations’ patients particularly benefit from the online application. Thanks to the platform, registered healthcare facilities …show more content…
The open source blockchain technology is a database where all bitcoin transactions are listed (Nicolai Andersen, 2016; “The MIT License | Open Source Initiative,” n.d.). Today blockchains enable global business transactions and give opportunity for disruptive innovations (“What is blockchain?,” 2017).
Bitsoko is a Kenyan startup which has been established in March 2014. It is a mobile payment platform and takes advantage of the blockchain technology in order to provide merchant and payment services in Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa as a whole (“SOKO | merchant services,” n.d.). Wherever mobile money transactions or mobile bank system are available, transactions can be …show more content…
Therefore, the company cooperates with local industrial organizations and merchants. By this means, Bitsoko is able to provide its services within its payment network. The startup strongly believes that user friendly services can create a system where small payments support all aspects of the financial life. The company has integrated specific services such as energy suppliers or payroll solutions for Kenyan merchants (“SOKO | merchant services,” n.d.). Bitsoko’s solution serves as base for further innovations on the mobile payment platform. For instance, services which are provided on the platform can be replicated so that blockchains of mobile money transactions from East Africa can be integrated over the whole continent and the rest of the world (“SOKO | merchant services,”