…Sets course with multi-channel low-level retail lending without collateral as the next promising frontier in financial inclusion drive Historically in Nigeria, there have been long-standing gaps in availability of credit or loans to individuals and businesses within underserved demographics of the Nigerian population. These people have experienced difficulties in accessing unsecured, short-term micro-loans from financial […]
Category Archives: Blog
09
Oct
Oct
I was going to tell you anyway. But now you know – I’m officially Mr. Nigeria. I remember years ago, my friend from Okokomaiko, Deji Bakare, won the Silverbird contest. And to be honest, I haven’t really followed it since then. Not that I’m really that keen about a macho contest for men anyway. In […]
09
Oct
Oct
One of the greatest challenges to growth of Twitter, as reported by several analysts and commentators, is the difficulty for new users in getting familiar with the app and getting the best out of it during the early days of use. Most times, people don’t know where to go, who to follow and where to […]
02
Oct
Oct
Nigerian lifestyle payment brand, Verve International, on Saturday, September 30th 2017, successfully hosted healthy living enthusiasts to the maiden edition of is fitness/health event – The Verve Life. The Verve life is a fitness, fun, healthy food and living event designed to leverage the passion of Nigerians for fitness, bringing together enthusiasts to work out […]
01
Oct
Oct
The folks at One Wild Card, a new creative agency led by Kayode Olowu have finally gotten their hands on a Whatsapp conversation that happened exactly this day in 1960. The Whatsapp chat which occurred between the principal political actors of the time including Queen Elizabeth, Governor-General Robertson, Ahmadu Bello, Nnamdi Azikiwe, and Tafawa Balogun among […]
Blog, News
Interswitch Hosts Over 2000 Tech/Payment Stakeholders At 1st of Its Kind Conference – Interswitch Connect
15
Sep
Sep
Recent statistics published by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), highlight a greater diffusion of Internet technology in Nigeria, signified by a sharp increase in the use of mobile, which has risen to 91.6 million in 2016. The report also stated that Nigeria’s internet penetration percentage now stands at 51%. The foregoing outlook presents an auspicious landscape for […]
05
Sep
Sep
BHM today announced the appointment of two new Executive Directors, Femi Falodun and Moruff Adenekan to its Board of Directors. The new board was strategically constituted in line with the company’s corporate governance structure and is expected to steer BHM in the right direction towards realizing its corporate mission and vision. Femi Falodun is currently […]
Blog, News
Brett King, John Chaplin, Iyin Aboyeji, Shola Akinlade, others Set To Speak at #InterswitchConnect
25
Aug
Aug
Come September 14th and 15th 2017, Landmark event centre Lagos will be bustling with the crème of the crop of Africa’s tech/payment ecosystem for the maiden edition of Interswitch Connect. Themed “Digital Transformation Imperatives: Innovative Evolution or Disruptive Innovation”, the 2 day conference organized by Interswitch, promises to be tech/payment event of the year with a lectures and keynote speeches from […]
27
Jul
Jul
Lagos-based Reputation Management and Marketing Communications company, BHM has announced the appointment of Mr. Moruff Adenekan as its General Manager/Chief Operating Officer. Before his new appointment which takes effect August 1, 2017, Adenekan was the Head of Operations at C&F Porter Novelli Lagos, the affiliated agency of the London based global PR/Reputation firm –Porter Novelli. […]
04
Jul
Jul
Following the strategic partnership earlier sealed between Interswitch, Africa’s leading integrated payments and transaction switching company and EVSL, developers of FuelVoucher (fuelvoucher.com.ng) in 2015, the distribution network of the electronic fuel purchasing solution has been further broadened considerably in further partnership with 3 of the leading downstream oil marketing firms, OVH Energy Marketing, Forte Oil & RainOil in […]