Cape Town - First National Bank and Paperight were crowned innovation masters in Accenture's 2013 Innovation Index at a gala awards dinner on Thursday
night.
The index aims to measure, promote and reward innovative
ideas and commercial concepts in both the public and private sectors. It was launched to promote business
growth and the development of new, sustainable enterprises that will
spur job creation.
The innovation master category was open to any
organisation regardless of size or industry. The adjudicators and
judges looked
at each entry's entire innovation ecosystem from HR and
social systems to brand, marketing and product development.
First
National Bank won the Zenith award, presented to an organisation with
an annual turnover above R40m, while Paperight won the Apex award
for an organisation with an annual turnover of under R40m.
First
National Bank's strategy of “Rewarding relationships”
combines banking innovation with helpful rewards. FNB's innovation highlights include being named Most Innovative Bank at the 2012
BAI-Finacle Global Banking Innovation Awards.
It has also been recognised as
the Most Innovative Bank in South Africa for the past seven years.
Paperight
turns any business with a printer and an internet connection into a
print-on-demand bookstore. By registering with Paperight for free,
businesses have access to an online library from which they can legally
print out books, magazines and other documents for their customers.
In
addition, Lodox Systems’ Xmplar-dr - a full-body X-ray
scanner for trauma and forensic pathology use - was named the top innovation concept.
The scanner performs a
head to toe scan in 13 seconds, producing an entirely digital image of
extremely high quality, while emitting very low levels of harmful
radiation.
1 Call Accredited Services and Providers and Absa received
special mentions.
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