It Governance, Business-it Alignment and Strategy Delivery in Microfinance Institutions in Nairobi County

Abstract

The aim of this paper was to research on the relationship of IT Governance, Business Alignment and Strategy delivery in Microfinance Institutions in Nairobi County. The research looked at the relationship between IT Governance and Business Alignment as well as Relationship between Business IT Alignment and Strategy delivery. The specific objectives of the research were to establish the extent to which Microfinance institutions in Nairobi County are using IT governance frameworks, to assess how the current IT Governance frameworks are related to Business IT alignment of Microfinance institutions in Nairobi County and to establish the relationship between Business IT alignment and Strategy delivery in Microfinance institutions in Nairobi County. A census of the population was taken where data was collected in 18 Microfinances that are in Nairobi County. This was followed by a descriptive analysis of data collected. The research concluded that most microfinance institution in Nairobi County had not implemented IT Governance and that there was a strong positive correlation between Business IT Alignment and Strategy Delivery. However the research was not able to determine the relationship between IT Governance and Business IT Alignment as the regression analysis results were insignificant.