ICT Applications defending information requirements.

Dr Ahmed Kellow, Managing Director
NCR

Abstract

This paper summarises recent work on information requirements of various organisations of the Ethiopian Government, which forms a necessary prelude to organizational restructuring and ICT development. It is argued and demonstrated that information requirements and report outputs are not only the basis for developing, prioritizing and expanding ICT (infrastructure, software and hardware) but also the most cost- effective approach to understanding and streamlining business processes. The paper argues that such an approach is value enhancing by design. Placing in the forefront the values and benefits to be had, enables project prioritization, meaningful appreciation and appraisal of costs. The approach advocated provides a dry run of what can be achieved and offers a much clearer definition of valuable ICT options.

Biography

Dr Ahmed Kello, PhD International Finance, MBA, B. Comm Management and Accounting, has been Managing Director of NCR in Ethiopia since 1997. From 1994 - 1997, Dr Ahmed was Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines; 1998-1999 he worked as Managing Director of EABC (Coca-Cola Ethiopia and from 1999 to 2001 as Chairman of the Board of Directors of EABC. Prior to his career in the service industry, Dr Ahmed was a Lecturer at Cardiff Business School, University of Wales, UK from 1986 to 1994. He had also worked as General Manager in Glass & Bottle Company, Addis Brick Company and Marble Company between 1976 and 1979. He started his career as Systems Analyst in the then Haile Selassie University of Addis Ababa between 1966 and 1967 and subsequently worked as Division Manager in the Imperial Highway Authority of Ethiopia (1972-1975) and General Manager of Central Printing Press and the Paper Converting Company of Addis Ababa between 1975 and 1976.