Nairobi, May 4 -- Data entry can be inconvenient, forcing staff to take time off their core work. For the health sector such inconvenience is costly, especially when personnel has to process voluminous insurance claims paperwork.

LCT Africa, a local start-up, has been helping hospitals overcome this hurdle through its biometric data entry platform that not only cuts on administrative costs, but fraud risks as well.

"For a long time, the process of data entry in Kenya has been too inconvenient and costly for the health sector. That's why we created a biometric end-to-end healthcare administration platform to address these challenges," Ms Sylvia Kanyoro, LCT Africa chief operations officer tells the Enterprise.

Ms Kanyoro says the solution...