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KABARAK UNIVERSITY
School of Computer Science and Bio-Informatics
Bachelor of Computer Science
Industrial Attachment Report
AT
Craft Silicon Ltd
BY
Forum K. Patel
CS/M/0771/05/16
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DECLARATION

I hereby declare that this report is my own work and has never been presented in
Kabarak University School of Computer Science and Bio-informatics for the award of a
degree before.

STUDENT

NAME: ​FORUM K. PATEL

REG NO: ​CS/M/0771/05/16

SIGNATURE: …………………….. DATE: ……………………

APPROVALS
INDUSTRIAL BASED SUPERVISOR
I approve that the above named person has successively completed his attachment
under my supervision.

NAME: ​MR. TEJASH JOSHI

SIGNATURE: …………………….. DATE: ……………………

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

It is my proud privilege to release the feeling of my gratitude to several people who

helped me directly or indirectly to complete my industrial attachment. I express my heart
full indebtedness and owe a deep sense of gratitude to my placement supervisor () and
my attachment supervisor (Mr. Tejash Joshi) for their sincere guidance and inspiration
in completing my internship

I also thank all my friends and family members who have more or less contributed with
their coordination and cooperation and for their kind guidance and encouragement. I will
always be indebted to them.

In addition, I offer sincere thanks to my fellow trainers Sanjay Mehta, Moushmi Shah
and Rani K. Soman for an interesting teamwork adventure.
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SUMMARY

Kabarak University always sends its students for field attachment in order to gain more
knowledge and apply it in their field of work.
It is meant to enable students to have an exposure of the IT world and any field that is
related to the program. I was attached at Craft Silicon Ltd. The attachment enabled me
to gain more understanding of networking, computer software, computer maintenance,
end user requirements, organization’s IT resource management and security and trends
in IT.

DEDICATION
I dedicate this report to my lecturers, parents,sibling and friends for the support they
gave while I undertook my attachment.
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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Kabarak University has a 4-year honours degree where the 3rd year is the "attachment"
year - ie, the student is required to spend 3 months at a relevant (to the course)
'stakeholder' company. ​Industrial attachment​ is a prescribed period of hands on work
experience in a relevant industrial setting.
The industrial attachment is meant to provide practical skills to students and for them to
appreciate the work in the industry before being fully employed after completing their
studies. By going through this phase the industrial attachment period equips the student
with handy realistic practical skills. This means in the field there are quick to exert this
expertise on any task. Lesser skills training time is needed to equip such persons. This
means our graduate students are well prepared for the industry when they finish their
studies.
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CHAPTER 2

OBJECTIVES
The objectives for industrial attachment of students pursuing Bachelor of science in
Computer Science can be stated as follows:

1. To give the student an understanding and the basic skills required for every
stage of the production chain; the operational function of the production
processes, equipment and production management.
2. To expose students to behaviour of business organisations as they strive to
align themselves to the evolving external environments which provide
opportunities as well as threats to them.
3. To afford students the opportunity to test their theoretical tools and constructs
learnt during their first two years of the degree programme with the realities of
running business organisations in Zimbabwe.
4. To enable the students to develop realistic expectations with respect to the
world of work, the role of being employees and, to experience what it takes to
work with others, as well as to work within a generally structured environment
in authority, responsibility and role terms.
5. To solicit the assistance and experience of managers, supervisors and training
officers, in training and developing personnel who will be capable of initiating
and conducting research; supervising industrial production and, marketing the
industrial products.
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CHAPTER 3
1. Physical Address
Musa Gitau Road Nairobi City, Kenya

2. ​Company History
In 1998, a bold ambitious team of two first launched Bankers’ Realm 2000 into the
world. Having received unprecedented accolades for the product, it quickly developed
into a core banking application (Bankers Realm – BR), which was further advanced to
include microfinance (Bankers Realm Microfinance – BR MFS) in its functionality. As
the origin of Craft Silicon, this marked the creation of our first commendable offerings,
while the former went on to become our trail-blazing, flagship product.
Seizing this new opportunity, we ventured into potential global markets, offering a range
of financial solutions like web-based platforms and BR Islamic included amongst our BR
Solution.
With consistent growth over the years, we have thrived and gradually expanded our
employee base to over 100 at our Head Office in Nairobi; 100 who work out of our
Development and Research Center base in Bangalore, south India; not to forget the
dynamic teams at our partner offices in the U.S and Nigeria.
Ours is a high-tech campus, with centers engaged in state-of-the-art software
development, research and Alternate Channel Development. In a nutshell, Craft Silicon
was born from humble beginnings, ‘from a simple idea to a dream come true’.

3. ​Mission and vision

a) Misson
➢ Provide practical and innovative software solutions.
➢ Earn respect and customer loyalty with our reliable services.
➢ Enhance stakeholders’ value.
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➢ Be a conscious and responsible corporate citizen.

b) ​Vision
➢ To be the leading software provider in the financial domain, across
all emerging markets.

4. ​Organizational structures
The organization is headed by its Chief Executive designated as the Managing Director
entrusted with overall responsibilities of company direction of the organization and leading
dynamically towards the attainment of its purpose and principles. In attaining the purpose
and principles, the Chief Financial Officer, General Managers & department Heads assists
has established a strong and formidable channel, which consists direct clients and its own
sales force.

4.1 ​Craft Silicon ICT Department organizational structure

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5. ​Products and Services

5.1Core Banking Solutions

Provide Services to Markets Worldwide
Craft Silicon’s web-enabled application gives banks the capacity to service markets in
diverse geographies in a multi-channel context, supporting multi-currency and
multi-lingual features.

5.2 Core Microfinance Solution

Technology for Microfinance Solutions
Craft Silicon’s BR Core Microfinance Solution (BR MFS) is a financial solution for the
operations of microfinance and co-operative unions. Its structure and logical design
allows for easy integration with other switch solutions with network connections that
allow the use of alternate channels.

5.3 Savings and Loans

Financial Solutions for SACCOs
Craft Silicon’s SACCO solution enables these co-operatives to achieve high
productivity, efficient member services, greater profitability and more dividends.

5.4 Investment Banking

Make Quick Accurate Investment Decisions
BRIMS system offers real-time checks and automated trading and settlement
instructions coupled with an easy to use reconciliation engine. It comes with an
integrated general ledger functionality supported by a wealth of rich, analytical and
informative reports which are fully customisable.

5.5 Mobile Banking

Mobile-friendly Banking Solutions
Elma is a mobile application that allows users to perform banking and non-banking
transactions. Customers can make utility payments from their mobile phone, perform
bank-to-bank transfers and manage stock market transactions.

5.6 Islamic Banking

Catering to the Islamic Banking Industry
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Craft Silicon’s BRIB is a comprehensive Islamic banking solution that enables banks to
offer their customers end-to-end functionality when it comes to Shariah-compliant
products.

5.7 Virtual Lending Solutions

Bringing Services to the Customer Virtually
Virtual Banking provides access to financial products and services to customers
through remote means, removing the barriers of visiting a branch or an office, while
ensuring a bank’s full portfolio is accessible to a customer through digital means.