WEBINAR: Techeconomy Business Series Hosts Experts from MTN, Interswitch, BusinessPlus, others this Wednesday - ITREALMS

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Techeconomy, Africa’s leading technology, business and digital economy publication, has announced an upcoming edition of its Techeconomy Business Series, a virtual webinar.

This month’s edition focused on “Navigating a Career in Tech Sales”, is scheduled for Wednesday, January 28, 2026, from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM (WAT).

Interswitch seals deal with Multipay Congo for DRC - ITREALMS

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One of the Africa’s leading integrated payments and digital commerce companies operating in over 14 countries in the continent, the Interswitch Limited and Multipay Congo, a leading integrated payments service provider in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), have joined forces to enhance the payments ecosystem in the DRC, reports ITREALMS.

The partnership, which is a response to the rapidly evolving and expanding demands of the DRC market, will enable Multipay Congo to leverage Interswitch’s technology and expertise to deliver innovative and secure digital payment solutions to the Congolese market, supporting financial inclusion, driving digital transformation, and boosting economic growth in the country.

Gov. Ambode reiterates confidence in Interswitch ability to collect digital revenue

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The Lagos State revenue collection will be fully digitized, according to the Executive Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi  Ambode, reiterating confidence in Interswitch ability to collect digital revenues for the state, reports ITRealms.

This was contained in a press statement by Interswitch, and made available to ITRealms, revealing that the government's vision is to actualize extensive adoption of electronic channels in the payment of taxes, levies and other government payments.

"To ensure that the government improves on the quality of service delivery to our people, effective 1st March 2018, no payment or taxes will be made by cash henceforth across the State. Tax payers should be able to pay all legitimate taxes and bills through all payment channels at their own time and convenience. The transaction process is now going to be everyday, anytime and on weekends," he said.

It was revealed that this full digitization will be made possible through a partnership with Interswitch.

Elucidating further on what informed the Lagos State Government's resolution to partner with Interswitch to digitize payments and collections in Lagos, Governor Ambode added that;

"Interswitch has been at the forefront of efficient and secure public sector payments and collections at National and State levels for quite a while now, and we are confident in their ability to provide strong support and the state-of-the-art payment infrastructure, comparable to such obtainable anywhere in the world as well as the capabilities required to facilitate seamless implementation of this policy in a state like Lagos."

Commenting on the announcement, Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer, Interswitch, Mitchell Elegbe expressed Interswitch's commitment to providing omni-channel payment infrastructure which will facilitate seamless transaction processes in revenue collection to make it easy and convenient for the good people of Lagos who can now pay every day, any time and online.

"Over the last few years, we have invested extensively in building and continuously developing a variety of payment channels which facilitate real-time transaction through any means desirable by all parties within the payment process. Our vision at Interswitch is an Africa where payment becomes a seamless part of our everyday lives, and we are resolutely committed to working with Lagos State to embrace a fully digital future, in line with our resolve to continue to create digital transaction solutions that enable individuals and communities prosper across Africa."

In view of this partnership with the LASG, government payments will now be possible through multiple channels including physical payments in any branch of any bank, and using Interswitch solutions such as Interswitch Paydirect, Interswitch Payment Gateway, Quickteller Paypoint, and Mobile Apps/USSD codes of LASG MDAs, thereby encouraging real-time cashless payments directly to the State Treasury.

Observers have lauded this development as a welcome breakthrough in public sector finance, accountability and service-delivery as it essentially underscores the unwavering and forward-thinking dynamism of the Lagos State Government, with effective public-private collaboration at its heart.

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Expert advocates interplay of security in e-commerce transactions

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The Product Manager, Consumer & Mobile Services at Interswitch, Mr. Ope Adeoye has advocated the interplay and balancing of security  with convenience in all e-commerce transactions in order to check online fraud, ITRealms reports.

Adeoye who spoke at the OLX sponsored Mobile Monday with the theme “Making e-commerce more secure in Nigeria” at Social Place, Victoria Island, Lagos, expressed worry over increasing online fraud which has the tendency of hampering the business, more so as people are not always patient to make sure their transactions are genuine.

To tackle such online thefts, he proffered solutions to include designing websites with adequate security features to make it difficult for intruders to burgle.

He also said that the sellers must be certain where his goods and services are being taken to before the release of such items or payments, stressing it guarantees security.

Equally, he called for rule-base engines for effective e-commerce transactions which enable obtaining of finger prints and verifying such information from the CR Services (Credit Bureau) and personal identification; a practice whereby customers deal only with somebody who could be identified by somebody known to customer very well.

The Country Manager, OLX, Lola Masha thanked participants for honouring the invitation, saying Mobile Monday offers opportunity to brainstorm with the highly knowledgeable individuals  in different fields of human endeavour for solutions to problems arising from e-commerce business.

She stated that OLX as a brand is in over 40 countries and they always maintain either 1^st or 2^nd position in those countries, noting however that OLX is the first in Nigeria.

Masha also said the company is in Kenya, South Africa overseeing East African and Southern African operations respectively, while Nigeria office oversees West African wing of the company, even though they have presence in Ghana.

She further said that Nigeria is a very peculiar place because they are very enterprising people, just as the company doubles her effort to avoid scammers who daily invent one ingenious fraud or the other.

Masha enumerated three key things OLX is doing to eliminate online fraud completely including establishing partnership with Nigerian Police, employing CR Services and deploying artificial intelligence.

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