AH Consulting (AHC), an African based continental firm is pleased to be sponsoring the 16^th Annual International Management Conference under the theme “Re-engineering the Human Resource Function in light of the changing technology”. The conference is being hosted by Makerere University Business School (MUBS) in conjunction with the Human Resource Managers Association of Uganda (HRMAU)

“We are pleased to be part of this conference in which topical issues in Human Resources, Management and Economic practices will be addressed” say Geoffrey Olanya, the Ag. Director of Management Consulting Services at AHC. The conference is taking place between August 22 – 24, 2011 and is expected to host leading Human Resource practitioners, scholars, consultants and business people within the East African region and internationally. You are all welcome to us at the conference and experience the solutions we deliver to our clients across the continent.  

About AH Consulting

AH Consulting (AHC) is an Africa based results consulting firm, operating in over 10 countries across the continent and providing technology, management and engineering consulting services to clients in different sectors of the economy.  With over 120 staff, AHC delivers world class technology solutions, engineering and management consulting services, working with world class industry experts. For more information on AH Consulting and its services and products, please visit the website at www.ahcul.com  or contact:

Osbert Atusasiire,

BDS Director
AH Consulting
+256312533080
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Survey shows improved performance, but more to be done to meet higher service expectations through the new E-Tax System

Kampala, Uganda, April 2010 – AH Consulting (AHC) today announced the completion of the 2^nd Client Satisfaction Survey of Uganda Revenue Authority following the dissemination of the results by the revenue body. The survey which has become a hallmark of the tax agency’s assessment of its interventions in improving service delivery was being conducted for a second time after 4 years, the earlier survey having equally been undertaken by AH Consulting.

Speaking after the press conference called by URA to release the results of the survey, Mr. Paul Kyeyune the Corporate Affairs Manager at URA was pleased with the results of the survey, but noted that further work is required to improve client satisfaction. “This survey shows improvement in perception from 59.19 % 4 years ago to 68.03 % today, and improvement in satisfaction from 38.29 % 4 years ago to 66.90% today. We are satisfied with the results. We acknowledge further improvements are required in stablising the e-tax system and following the acquisition of more servers and other equipment, improvements are expected in client service satisfaction”. On the partnership with AHC, Mr. Kyeyune had this to say - “We partnered with AH Consulting to deliver this 2^nd client satisfaction survey and we are satisfied with the quality, coverage and results of the survey”.

The survey which was conducted countrywide covered all the revenue districts of Uganda, sampling 970 tax payers in the satisfaction category and 1,420 presumptive tax payers in the perception category. The survey for the first time covered internal customers sampling URA staff from all departments as part of the assessment. “The methodology, the sample selection, the synthesis especially the attribution process of the intervention by URA in improving service delivery were critically chosen to determine overall satisfaction and perception”  said Mr. Cuthbert Kagabo, the Chief Executive Officer of AH Consulting. The survey identified challenges and improvements which clients expect of the Uganda Revenue Authority, indicating that further improvements are expected in service delivery. 

Satisfaction survey’s of the type undertaken by Uganda Revenue Authority continue to be an instrument of assessing service delivery by public institutions determined to achieve continuous improvements in service quality across different processes and service offerings. Measuring performance enables an organization to determine the results of the service intervention efforts, and identifies corrective measures to address client concerns that are essential to achieve the desired service outcomes.

About AH Consulting

AH Consulting (AHC) is an Africa based results consulting firm, operating in over 10 countries across the continent and providing technology, management and engineering consulting services to clients in different sectors of the economy.  With over 120 staff, AHC delivers world class technology solutions, engineering and management consulting services, working with world class industry experts. For more information on AH Consulting and its services and products, please visit the website at www.ahcul.com or contact:

About Uganda Revenue Authority

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Addis Ababa Ethiopia, March 2010 – The National Alcohol and Liquor Company (NALC), Ethiopia’s largest producer of alcohol and other beverages has selected AH Consulting (AHC) to implement ACL, the industry leading application in data analysis.

The Chief Internal Auditor of NALC, Ato Hailu Essayase stated how happy the internal audit department in looking forward to derive value from the implementation of ACL. “We are pleased to be on the path to implementing a world class application like ACL to support us in undertaking data analysis from the different applications in our organization. AHC’s knowledge of the product and understanding of our requirements led us to believe that they are the best partner to implement ACL at NALC”.

The Regional Director for Technology Consulting responsible for Ethiopia, Mr. Dean Munene had this to say: “The selection of ACL by NALC represents a further appreciation of the capabilities and application competence by the clients in ACL. In Ethiopia, NALC joins other clients like Ethiopian Airlines already using ACL to derive value for their operations”. Mr. Munene further said that “with ACL, NALC will be able to undertake data analysis aimed at detecting and subsequently correcting any anomalies in the data, thereby increasing management’s reliance on data from NALC’s internal systems”. AHC will also deliver implementation services, training and support to NALC as part of the ACL installation activities.

About National Alcohol and Liquor Company

National Alcohol and Liquor Factory is the biggest producer of liquor (alcoholic drinks), pure alcohol and denatured alcohol in Ethiopia. The company was founded in 1974 and has headquarters in Addis Ababa, with three additional sites (two in Addis and one in Sebeta). Today the company has 468 permanent employees and also employs up to 100 daily temporary workers. Most employees are semi-skilled. They include distillery and alcohol refining workers and technicians based in the factories. The company’s products are supplied in Ethiopia and foreign markets. Of the Company’s local sales, 60 per cent are in Addis Ababa with the remaining 40 per cent in the other cities in the countryside.

About AH Consulting

AH Consulting (AHC) is an Africa based results consulting firm, operating in over 10 countries across the continent and providing technology, management and engineering consulting services to clients in different sectors of the economy. With over 120 staff, AHC delivers world class technology solutions, engineering and management consulting services, working with world class industry experts. AHC is a distributor of ACL software in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Ethiopia offering installation and implementation services, technical and application level training, and support to clients using ACL in the region. For more information on AH Consulting and its services and products, please visit the website at www.ahcul.com.

About ACL

ACL Services Ltd is the leading global provider of business assurance technology for audit and compliance professionals. Combining market-leading audit analytics software with centralized content management and

Exception reporting, ACL technology provides a complete end-to-end business assurance platform that is flexible and scalable to meet the needs of any organization. Since 1987, ACL technology has helped organizations reduce risk, detect fraud, enhance profitability, and improve business performance. ACL delivers its solutions to 14,700 organizations in over 150 countries through a global network of ACL offices and channel partners. Our customers include 98 percent of Fortune 100 companies, 89 percent of the Fortune 500 and over two-thirds of the Global 500, as well as hundreds of national, state and local governments, and the Big Four public accounting firms. For more information on products and services, www.acl.com. 

Integration and low total cost of ownership a key factor for the decision by NSIA 

Kampala, Uganda 28^th February 2011 – AH Consulting (AHC), today announced a major landmark deal with NSIA Groupe in Ivory Coast for the implementation of Agresso Business World ERP software from UNIT4 to replace a number of standalone accounting systems across the different group companies.  Agresso’s inherent agility and flexibility will enable NSIA to manage business change in the future. The software will also create efficiencies by enabling all 11 operations in different African countries to work with a centralized application for processing all financial transactions and managing group reporting. At the end of the implementation, all NSIA Groupe companies will be integrated through a single application hub at its headquarters in Abidjan.  “We chose Agresso because we wanted a more immediate global view of group operations. Its ability to mirror unexpected changes in the business, as well as the overall lower total cost of ownership it will deliver us were the deciding factors,” said Mr. Ange Kacou Dagou, IT Director and Project Sponsor. “The implementation by AH Consulting will help deliver the value for money we expect from our investment in Agresso, and will allow us to fully utilize the functionality of the application in our complex group operations across 11 countries throughout Africa. Most importantly, this implementation will allow us to reduce our systems maintenance burden and unify all group accounting and reporting requirements”. Agresso Business World’s integrated architecture comprising finance, procurement, payroll, human resource management and projects functionality, together with powerful reporting features in a single suite, offers the platform required to eliminate standalone applications at NSIA.  “AH Consulting convinced NSIA of the potential value that can be derived from integrating all the group applications onto a single platform, allowing reduced reporting times, faster transaction processing and support for timely decision making,” said Mr. Herbert Rwamibazi, the Managing Director of AH Consulting. “We are confident that NSIA has made the right choice in partnering with us to deliver Agresso for the Group.”.   

About AH Consulting

AH Consulting (AHC) is an Africa based results consulting firm, operating in over 10 countries across the continent and providing technology, management and engineering consulting services to clients in different sectors of the economy.  With over 120 staff, AHC delivers world class technology solutions and consulting services, working with world class industry experts. AHC is a distributor Unit4 business software in Africa, with an Agresso Competence Centre that has application, technical, training, support expertise in Agresso to service clients and resources in Africa and the Middle East. For more information on AH Consulting and its services and products, please visit the website at www.ahcul.com or contact:  

Osbert Atusasiire, BDS Director

AH Consulting

+256 (0) 312533080

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About NSIA

NSIA Groupe is a leading insurance company in Cote d’Ivoire with headquarters in Abidjan. The Group has over 800 staff and operates in 11 countries including Gabon, Guinea, Senegal, Bissau-Guinea, Benin, Ivory coast, Cameroon, Congo, Togo, Ghana and Mali. Since its incorporation in 1995, NSIA prides itself in providing insurance services that include life insurance [capital retirement plans, pension plans, education insurance plans, death benefits, funeral cost cover, post retirement health and insurance by capitalization] and non life insurance [automobile, home, industrial risks, transport, assistance, health, computer risks, accidents and third party liability] for which NSIA is the leader in sub Saharan Africa. For more information on NSIA Groupe and its services and products, please visit the website at www.groupensia.com or contact:

 Eric Logoh, Group PR Manager

NSIA Groupe

+225 (0) 20317580

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About Unit4

UNIT4 is a global business software and services company aimed at helping dynamic public sector, and commercial services organizations to embrace change simply, quickly and cost effectively in a market sector it calls 'Businesses Living IN Change' (BLINC)™. The Group incorporates a number of the world’s leading change embracing software brands including Agresso Business World, our flagship ERP suite for mid-sized services intensive organizations and Coda, our best-of-class financial management software. With operations in 17 European countries, as well as 7 countries across North America, Asia Pacific and Africa and sales activities in several other countries, its revenue was €421.7 million in 2010. UNIT4 is headquartered in Sliedrecht, the Netherlands and has over 4,000 employees. It is listed on Euronext Amsterdam and is included in the Amsterdam Midcap Index (AMX). For more information on UNIT4 or any of its operating companies, please visit the website at www.unit4.com or contact:

 Emma Hoyle,Group PR Manager

UNIT4

+44 (0)1423 537977

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Agresso Business World provides flexibility required for best practice information management in higher education

Sliedrecht, The Netherlands – UNIT4, the world’s leading provider of business software for fast changing organizations, today announced an agreement with Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP) to implement Agresso Business World to provide an integrated solution for Finance, Research, Procurement, Fixed Assets, Human Resources, Payroll  and Management Information across the University.

UCP has chosen Agresso Business World to replace the current information systems in each of these areas to give users and decision makers easy access to more consistent and reliable information. It plans to make significant improvements to the service provided to its many clients, by making administrative processes more efficient for teaching staff, employees and students. The project will deliver an integrated view of all university activities providing efficiencies and better control of budgets and projects to meet the current and future challenges associated with providing education, research and associated services.

“We selected the Agresso Campus solution because it delivers the flexibility we need to manage a diverse program of projects and activities,” said Professor Helena Brissos de Almeida, Chief Executive at UCP. “It provided clear value for money compared to alternatives and the UNIT4 team showed they can help us respond to current and future challenges.”

“Agresso Business World was chosen due to its ability to meet our functional requirements and due to its abililty to adapt to future change”, stated Professor Dr. Helie de Chanterac, IT Department Director. “We are confident it will help us to optimize our operations and help us meet legal and operational change as we evolve. We will in turn reduce the number of systems currently in operation.”

UNIT4’s experience in the Higher Education sector was an important consideration in the software selection. The initial implementation is expected to take around nine months, involving consultants from Portugal, the United Kingdom and France as well as a team from UCP.

“UNIT4 showed they had superior knowledge of Higher Education processes and best practices from implementations throughout Europe,” said Miguel Campos, ERP Project Director at UCP. “We are confident in the UNIT4 team’s abilities and in the software providing a platform for future evolution and growth.”

About Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Universidade Católica Portuguesa is a university with its own identity, holding a Christian vision of the world, based on solid values that originate in this global experience. An old project of the Portuguese Archbishop Conference, initiated 1967, Universidade Católica Portuguesa formed its reputation on the quality of its teaching, on the highest standards of education, on the reputation of the teaching staff, and by providing education to alumni with outstanding achievements not only in the country, but also abroad.
It is a national university, spread throughout four regional centres in Portugal (Braga, Porto, Beiras and Lisbon) and a university in Macau.

Currently spread over 20 basic units, Universidade Católica Portuguesa offers 47 undergraduate degrees, over forty post-graduation courses, master’s degrees and PhDs as well as MBAs, with over 1,000 teaching staff. The university is also comprised of 22 research units (study centres, institutes, and offices).

About UNIT4

UNIT4 is a global business software and services company aimed at helping dynamic organisations to embrace change simply, quickly and cost effectively in a market sector it calls 'Businesses Living IN Change' (BLINC)™. The Group incorporates a number of the world’s leading change embracing software brands including Agresso Business World and Coda financial management software.

Agresso Business World is our flagship ERP suite for mid-sized services intensive organisations. It is widely acknowledged for delivering ongoing, post-implementation changes without the typical external IT costs and services that cost firms huge sums of money each year. This is achieved thanks to its powerful VITA™ architecture, which is unmatched in the ERP world.

Coda Financials is our award-winning suite of best-of-class financial management software designed to integrate with your industry- and company-specific applications. Coda’s LINK™ architecture sets it apart from ordinary accounting systems by providing a financial information backbone for companies with fast changing and mixed application environments. It is a global accounting solution for mid-to large sized organisations, offering a "no compromise" approach to financial modelling, process control and application choice.

UNIT4 is a top six mid-market ERP software player globally and the 2nd largest European ERP supplier. With offices in 17 European countries, as well as 7 countries across North America, Asia Pacific and Africa and sales activities in several other countries, revenue of €379.4 million was realised in 2009. UNIT4 is headquartered in Sliedrecht, the Netherlands. The company has around 4,160 employees.

UNIT4 is listed on Euronext Amsterdam by NYSE Euronext and is included in the Amsterdam Midcap Index (AMX). For more information on UNIT4 or any of its operating companies, please visit the website at www.unit4.com