Praxis Computing today announced that it had been contracted by the Public Finance Services Agency (PFSA) to undertake the analysis and design phases for a system that will sit at the core of the ERP suite for the organisation.
The PFSA is a strategic initiative between the Eastern Cape Provincial Treasury (ECPT) and the University of Fort Hare (UFC) whose objectives are to increase the level of financial skills across the Eastern Cape Provincial Government departments. It has already provided in excess of 1 500 learners with some form of training intervention, designed around the financial management needs of the ECPG, and commenced with its Certificate in Public Financial Management and Diploma in Public Accounting programmes.
"The PFSA is the first of its kind, in that it provides quality, relevant, customised and practical solutions that address the financial skills needs of Provincial Government, a move that is fundamental in the pursuit of good governance within that organisation," commented Zandile Ndlovu, the Director of the PFSA. "We handle numerous types of short courses, certification programmes and accredited diploma learnerships on the one hand, but on the other hand, we need to ensure the proper accountability of the input funds that we handle.
"Not surprisingly, we need an appropriate system to handle these and many of the other issues with which we are involved but, unfortunately, there is no system available that matches our requirements," continued Ndlovu. "The choice of Praxis Computing and their specific knowledge of the public sector coupled with their experience of `SETA` activities and procedures made them a natural choice for the initial phases of this project."
"This is an extremely exciting initiative and we are delighted to be involved," added Nicholas Chetwin, Finance Director of Praxis Computing. "The establishment of the PFSA was a bold step and one to be applauded. From our experience to date we are confident that the outcomes of this initiative will be very positive for all the parties involved. Our challenge is to design a system which caters for the necessary administrative intensity, but at the same time provides the strategic information to enable the agency to be responsive to their client`s needs."
For further information, please contact Mish Middelmann, Praxis Computing: telephone (011) 484 0900, fax (011) 484 0399, e-mail mish@praxis.co.za.
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Praxis Computing (Pty) Ltd is an award-winning integrated software and services company that delivers outstanding business value by understanding and integrating people, processes and technology. Praxis delivers excellent financial ERP systems, managed IT infrastructure services, specialised software for funders and SETAs, and custom software development to corporate professional services companies, government and other public sector institutions.
Praxis Computing is a black empowerment enterprise with industry-leading employment equity and significant women ownership. In 2003, co-founder and director Mirriam Zwane was awarded the African Achievers Top Woman in ICT award; and Praxis was judged and one of the country`s Top Three Most Progressive ICT Companies and one of South Africa`s Top 20 Non-Listed Companies. In 2004 Praxis was judged to be one of the country`s Top Three Black ICT Companies. Praxis is a Proudly South African company.
Established in 1993 and based in Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa, Praxis is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with certified competencies in Business Solutions and Information Worker Solutions and a Citrix Solutions Network Silver Partner.
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