Post by Interswitch Group

In 2002, there was no 'ecosystem'... No blueprint. No guarantee that what we were building would find a market. Just a sprawling, complex, commercially ferocious market, whose economy was moving faster than its digital infrastructure could carry. That gap was our invitation to start #Interswitch... At the high-powered #InvestLagos 3.0 Summit yesterday which attracted public sector leaders such as H.E. Senator Kashim Shettima (Vice-President of The Federal Republic of Nigeria) and H.E. Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu (Executive Governor of the host state, Lagos), Babafemi Ogungbamila, Executive Vice-President (EVP) for Operations and Technology at Interswitch Group spoke on the panel themed 'The Future of Technology & Innovation', sharing perspectives from the journey, against multiple odds, of building out Africa's 1st homegrown technology unicorn, using Lagos🇳🇬 as a launchpad. "𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢'𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 2002. 𝘕𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵...𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯." Twenty-three years later, that principle is not nostalgia; it remains our operating philosophy and it is more relevant now than ever, as Lagos cements its place as one of Africa's foremost technology and innovation hubs, and as the next generation of African builders construct what comes next 🚀 #TheFutureOfTechnology📱 #BuiltForWhatsNext📈 #InfrastructureOfPossibilities🌟 #InspiringAfricaToGreatness🌍