N4 Solutions Digs Deep for African Charity
Global information services company opens drinking well in rural Uganda
N4 Solutions, an Experian Company has opened a community well in Gulu,
Uganda, which will provide 2,700 people with access to clean drinking water.
Working with the UK-based charity African Revival, N4 Solutions, one of
the UK's leading providers of multi-channel distribution and fulfilment
technology for mortgages and wealth management, has funded the sinking of a
borehole for the Cubu Primary School Water Project. The project will provide
local people and 800 school children with clean drinking water. This
investment is part of African Revival’s ongoing commitment to help local
communities build a better future in Northern Uganda.
The well was opened by prize winners from the Council of Mortgage Lenders’
Annual Conference, which was sponsored by N4 in December 2007. The lucky
winner was Tim Hanton, Credit Systems Manager at GMAC RFC Ltd, who was
accompanied by his wife, Vicky Hanton and Steve Jones, MD of N4 Solutions.
"This trip wasn’t the normal holiday prize of a week at Disney," said Tim
Hanton. "It was certainly a life changing experience and at the same time
very humbling to see the impact that the well will have on the local
community in what has been a war torn area of Uganda, until very recently."
Steve Jones, Managing Director of N4 added: "It was great to see this project
through to fruition, witnessing firsthand the benefits the well will offer
both the school and the whole community. We have a strong corporate CSR
programme and this project supports our overarching strategy. It’s a great
opportunity for us to make a difference, as well as include our business
partners in this charitable venture."
N4 has a strong history of charitable work, receiving The Gold Award for
philanthropy from the Home Secretary in 2006 and 2007 for its successful
fundraising for UK charities through Payroll Giving. It has supported a
number of initiatives both at home and overseas.
About Experian
Experian® is a global leader in providing information, analytical and
marketing services to organisations and consumers to help manage the risk
and reward of commercial and financial decisions.
Combining its unique information tools and deep understanding of individuals,
markets and economies, Experian partners with organisations around the world
to establish and strengthen customer relationships and provide their
businesses with competitive advantage.
For consumers, Experian delivers critical information that enables them to
make financial and purchasing decisions with greater control and confidence.
Clients include organisations from financial services, retail and catalogue,
telecommunications, utilities, media, insurance, automotive, leisure,
e-commerce, manufacturing, property and government sectors.
Experian Group Limited is listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN) and is
a constituent of the FTSE 100 index. It has corporate headquarters in Dublin,
Ireland, and operational headquarters in Costa Mesa, California and Nottingham,
UK. Experian employs approximately 15,500 people in 38 countries worldwide,
supporting clients in over 65 countries around the world. Continuing sales for
the year ended 31 March 2008 were $4,059m (£2,020m / €2,858m)
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About N4 Solutions
N4 Solutions (N4) is one of the UK's leading providers of multi-channel
distribution and fulfilment technology for mortgages and wealth management.
The company’s mortgage sales and origination platform provides a comprehensive
and highly configurable solution for automating the mortgage process from
initial contact through to completion. The recent acquisition of N4 by Experian
brings an unparalleled capability to the market.
The combined unit leverages N4’s vertical market knowledge with Experian’s
market-leading expertise and products in application processing, decision
analytics, lead generation and property valuation models, which enable
organisations to make key business decisions about targeting, acquiring and
retaining profitable customers.
The offering supports multi-channel distribution from a single platform. A
typical implementation would see an incremental deployment of components across
the channels. Furthermore, the system is designed to be easily integrated with
existing enterprise systems to deliver straight-through processing to clients’
existing back-end servicing systems.
N4 has an enviable track record of successful project delivery with clients
including major banks, building societies and adviser networks.
About African Revival
African Revival is a UK-based charity (charity number 1108718) providing aid
through self-sustaining projects in marginalised rural districts in the Sudan,
Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia.
The charity aims to make a positive and sustainable difference to people’s lives
in Africa by helping them to help themselves. They work in partnership with
local community leaders and trusted partners to identify areas of need, and all
of their projects are monitored closely to ensure that effective and appropriate
support is provided to improve beneficiaries’ quality of life as much as possible.
