Maintenance, support, and modernization of COBOL-based core banking platforms for banks and SACCOs, backed by a structured training program that builds the next generation of COBOL developers.
Many banks and SACCOs across the region still run core banking on COBOL platforms - stable, proven systems that are increasingly hard to staff. Advatech provides ongoing maintenance and support for legacy COBOL cores, and advises on modernization and integration with newer systems.
Because the skills gap is the real long-term risk, we also run a structured training program that develops COBOL developers for institutions that depend on this skillset - so support doesn't disappear when one engineer retires.
Ongoing maintenance and support for COBOL-based core banking platforms at banks and SACCOs.
Advisory on modernization paths and integration with newer systems - APIs, middleware, phased migration.
A structured training program with a defined curriculum, building the next generation of COBOL developers.
Succession planning and documentation for institutions facing a COBOL skills gap.
Change support and incident response for mission-critical batch and transaction processing.
API and middleware layers connecting COBOL cores to modern banking channels and services.
Current core banking platform, batch processes, and support arrangements assessed.
Ongoing maintenance and incident response established under a defined SLA.
Integration middleware or phased modernization planned where it makes sense.
COBOL developer training program run to build internal or shared capacity.
Both are options - most engagements start with stabilizing and supporting the existing COBOL core, with modernization planned as a separate, deliberate phase if and when it makes sense.
A structured curriculum builds working COBOL competency in developers - useful both for institutions building internal capacity and for growing the regional pool of COBOL-skilled engineers generally.
This is exactly the risk the training and knowledge-transfer program exists to prevent - documentation and cross-training are built in, not left to depend on one person.