InfoTech’s Capizar® Suite of Trading Platform Goes Live at Zimbabwe Stock Exchange

ZSE is powered with globally recognized InfoTech product Capizar® ATS, a comprehensive suite of Trading Platform. This project has ushered Zimbabwe Capital Market in the new era of efficiency, growth, development and transparency.

InfoTech Group, a leading Systems Integrator and technology solutions provider, completed the Trading System Transformation at Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) as it went live and ushered ZSE in a new trading era. The agreement for a turnkey deployment of Automated Trading with the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange was signed back in 2014 to enable all transactions to match international best practices and standards of operation in terms of efficiency, transparency, fairness and cost effectiveness.

The new trading platform Capizar® ATS, marks the beginning of a new era for Zimbabwe’s capital markets, replacing the previously used manual trading system since 1896, where ZSE carried out a large number of tasks using excel and other basic packages. This smart move is expected to influence a rise in aggregate turnover as well as volumes traded. International markets all over the world reacted positively to such developments ultimately leading to increase average daily turnover levels.

Commenting on the occasion, Naseer A. Akhtar, CEO of InfoTech said, “It is a privilege to work and represent Pakistan on an international platform. We are extremely proud of the expansion InfoTech has made in international markets, being one of a kind Pakistani company to lodge work with various global clients. I would also like to congratulate Zimbabwe Stock Exchange and wish them success in this new epoch of automated trading. ”

InfoTech is one of the leading information technology firms of Pakistan, successfully automated and integrated solutions for various public and private sectors.

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Google Doing more on diversity

When Google (We) released the composition of our workforce almost a year ago, it confirmed what many people suspected: the tech industry needs to do a lot more when it comes to diversity. Since then, the question I get asked most is—so what are you doing about it? 

You may have heard about some of the work we’ve been doing: embedding engineers at Historically Black Colleges and Universities; partnering with Hollywood to inspire girls to pursue careers in computer science; building local initiatives to introduce coding to high school students from diverse communities; and expanding our employee unconscious bias training. 

But these programs represent only a sampling of all the work that is going on behind the scenes. If we’re really going to make an impact, we need a holistic plan. Today, we want to share our diversity strategy, which is focused on four key areas: 




Hire diverse Googlers: In the past, our university-focused hiring programs have relied heavily on a relatively small number of schools. But, we know those schools aren't always the most diverse. For example, while 14% of Hispanic college enrollment is at 4-year schools, Hispanics make up just 7% at the 200 most selective schools. In the past two years, we've doubled the number of schools where we recruit, to promote student diversity. This year, nearly 20 percent of the hires we make from a university are from these new campuses.

Foster a fair and inclusive culture: We want to ensure that we have an environment where all Googlers can thrive. We’ve raised awareness around unconscious bias—half of all Googlers have participated in our unconscious bias workshops—and we’ve now rolled out a hands-on workshop that provides practical tips for addressing bias when we see it. We’re also drawing on the idea of 20 percent time to enable employees to use their time at work to focus on diversity projects. In 2015, more than 500 Googlers will participate in Diversity Core, a formal program in which employees contribute—as part of their job—to the company’s diversity efforts. 

Expand the pool of technologists: Making computer science (CS) education accessible and available to everyone is one of our most important initiatives. Our CS First program is designed to help anyone—a teacher, a coach, or volunteer—teach kids the basics of coding. And since research tells us that to inspire more girls, we need to show them that computer science isn’t just for boys, we started Made with Code—and we’re working with the entertainment industry to change the perceptions around CS and what it means to be a computer scientist.

Bridge the digital divide: We also want more underrepresented communities, including women and minorities, to share the benefits of the web, and to have access to the economic engine it provides. The Accelerate with Google Academy helps business owners get online, grow and drive economic impact. 

With an organization of our size, meaningful change will take time. From one year to the next, bit by bit, our progress will inch forward. More importantly, our industry will become more inclusive, and the opportunities for currently underrepresented groups will grow. We’ll share our updated diversity data for 2015 soon. We’re gradually making progress across these four areas, and we’re in it for the long term.

Via Google Official Blog

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