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Big or small, ALL #wins count 🎉...that's always been our mindset at #TheSwitch💡 Today, we took a tour across different floors and spotlight some of the #GoodPeopleOfTheSwitch who volunteered to share some of their wins, personal or professional that made 2023 memorable for them, as we all look ahead to securing 'the bag' (whatever that represents for each one 😎) in 2024!🚀 And for as many as are eagerly looking to #MakeTheSwitch💡, here's a reminder that #opportunity meets #preparation...'One Day' can become 'Day One!' sooner than you think!💪🏽 So, what are you excited about accomplishing in 2024? #PeopleOfTheSwitch💡 #RisingStars⭐ #AllWinsCount💯 #NeverS20P⏩

🔥𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝙎𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘶𝘱 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘦 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘴!🔥 (See what we did there?☝🏼😉) So, this year alone, we've seen more than our fair share of #TeamBondings here at #TheSwitch💡... But we have to say our Transactions Switching & Processing (#Purepay) Team blew this one here right out of the water - so far, this one takes the c̴a̴k̴e̴ palmwine!🌟 They didn't just raise the bar, they went all out to completely reset it, all for the culture 💪🏽 ...and we haven't the slightest doubts that indeed, Akeem approved✅ , expressly, everything you see (and don't see) here!😎 #PeopleOfTheSwitch💡 #WaZoBiaParty🇳🇬 #ForTheCulture💚 #NeverS20P⏩ #SwitchingSteeze🔥

Earlier this week, on Tuesday in #Kampala🇺🇬, we contributed to enriching conversations on international remittances and their influence on Uganda’s socio-economic development over the years, in our capacity as a key enabler of digital payments in the East Africa region, and proud sponsors of the 2025 Annual Bankers Conference of the Uganda Bankers' Association... Speaking on the theme of 'Harnessing the potential and maximising the impact of remittances on development', Head of Products at Interswitch East Africa, Damalie Elizabeth Sajjabi underscored Interswitch's focus on building interoperable infrastructure for enabling real-time transfers into bank accounts & mobile wallets and how we continue to leverage technology to enhance and transform remittance systems across Africa 🚀 #BankingConf2025🇺🇬🎤 #NeverS20P⏩ #InspiringAfricaToGreatness🌍

It's the hump of the week 😎 ...better still, it's #WorldFriendshipDay!💛 On this fitting edition of #SwitchStories, we’re shining the spotlight on two besties who're testament that strangers can become colleagues, and colleagues can become friends...with an unbreakable bond!🔗 Meet Adaku and Majeedah, two #RisingStars⭐ here at #TheSwitch💡 who met at work through a chance encounter and have since gone on to nurture a friendship fuelled by banter, brilliance, and just the right amount of chaos!🎇 Happy World Friendship Day!🎉 Let's Dive in! https://lnkd.in/exHKmVWP #SwitchStories📖 #PeopleOfTheSwitch💡 #WorldFriendshipDay💛 #WeAreInThisTogether🔗

The recent compliance directive from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is clear - automated, intelligent fraud protection is now mandatory for all players in Nigeria's digital payments industry!🛡️ At Interswitch Group, we are embedded as a network orchestrator at the heart of digital transaction flows in Nigeria, facilitating the electronic movement of money; swiftly, securely and intelligently... In today's evolving financial landscape, where fraudsters are constantly refining their tactics, we enable banks, fintechs and other ecosystem players stay ahead with intelligent, integrated, and compliant anti-fraud & anti money-laundering (AML) solutions, such as our Interswitch Data Security Solution (IDSS) & ACI Worldwide's Proactive Risk Manager (PRM), delivering unparalleled visibility and control across all digital and physical banking channels, in line with new regulatory requirements. If you're a bank, fintech, or digital payment provider, now’s the time to act! Let’s help you stay compliant, protected, and ahead of the curve. Reach us at financialservicesbusiness@interswitchgroup.com to get the conversation going!📈 https://lnkd.in/efYsqvP8 #CBNAutomatedSecurityStandard🛡️ #ProactiveRiskManager⚔️ #InterswitchDataSecuritySolution🔑 #NeverS20P⏩ #SecuringTheDigitalPaymentEcosystem🔐

BIG SCOOP 🚨: How Mitchell Elegbe Built Nigeria's First Fintech Unicorn, Interswitch Group 🦄 “You don’t have to know what to do, but you must know what not to do. Otherwise, the thing will kill you.” ---- Mitchell Elegbe is gearing up for Act II. It’s a Monday afternoon in Lagos, and the air, for lack of a more poetic description, feels like the vocal stylings of Glorilla’s TGIF song, 95 degrees and humid. It’s the kind of Lagos energy that promises both opportunity and an imminent, sticky sheen of sweat. After two decades of building Nigeria’s first Fintech unicorn, Interswitch, Mitchell, now in his early 50s, is fired up for his second act at the helm of the company that’s defined his adulthood. He shares the Five Cardinal Principles for building a great company: https://lnkd.in/e9tbiqSG

One Company. One Vision. Six unique, yet complementary, reinforcing businesses... All united in the quest for transaction solutions that enable individuals, businesses and communities to prosper across Africa!🚀   Our FY26 Business Year Kick-off 'All-Hands' meeting featured panel discussions where everyone had the opportunity to interact constructively with business drivers and C-level leaders as they unpacked business strategies & roadmaps for their respective sectors, giving anyone across the organization the opportunity to engage them directly...   Here at #TheSwitch, strategy isn’t just top-down, neither does it only live in PowerPoint decks; rather, we make it interactive, and we make it stick, ensuring everyone across the organization understands, shapes, and owns the direction, and execution becomes second nature!📈   We.Are.In.This.Together💙 #PeopleOfTheSwitch💡 #RisingStars🌟 #NeverS20P⏩

We're delighted to advance our #partnership with Cisco in supporting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education through the provision of information technology equipment and resources to students in five (5) additional tertiary institutions across #Nigeria🇳🇬, including The University of Lagos (UNILAG), The University of Benin & The Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos, where we recently presented networking infrastructure to the Vice-Chancellors and Rector respectively. These joint efforts consolidate our long-standing partnership with Cisco as a key technology OEM partner of Interswitch, and these resources are expected to support the students enrolled with Cisco Networking Academy across these campuses, as they explore their passion in the field of #STEM and learn to develop solutions to everyday problems faced by Africans. Babafemi Ogungbamila, Executive Vice-President (EVP) for Operations & Technology at Interswitch Group, affirms Interswitch's resolute commitment to improving learning, especially in STEM disciplines, in addition to the assertion of Abdelaziz Saidu, Leader for Solutions Engineering Sub-Saharan Africa at Cisco that "Our collaboration with Interswitch underscores the transformational potential of the Cisco Networking Academies for learners, educators and communities", with a view to enabling the advancement of a knowledge-based economy 📈 Read the detail in our joint press release here https://lnkd.in/e5W6Qgzi #InterswitchXCISCO🤝🏽 #STEMEducation💻 #NeverS20P⏩ #InspiringAfricaToGreatness🌍

#Verve has played a defining role in shaping Africa’s digital payment landscape, offering secure, convenient, and locally tailored payment solutions designed to meet the continent’s unique financial realities. Speaking on navigating currency risks in Africa's emerging markets at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan Africa Innovate Conference, Tope Lawani, Co-founder & Managing Partner at Helios Investment Partners speaks about Verve as as a case-in-point for home-grown innovation that creates value, against such odds... This recent piece here in TechCabal explores how Interswitch Group continues to expand reach and capabilities for Verve, particularly on the back of our recent partnership with GIM UEMOA, the regional switch for the West African Economic and Monetary Union - making Verve the first African card scheme 🚀 to attain such regional interoperability, and enabling Verve cardholders to perform seamless transactions across eight (8) francophone countries, strengthening regional financial inclusion and economic connectivity https://lnkd.in/eXmQ42Xz Video Credits: MIT Legatum Centre for Development & Entrepreneurship #VerveByChoice💳 #PoweredByTheSwitch💡 #NeverS20P⏩ #InspiringAfricaToGreatness🌍

What does it take to build a billion-dollar company? I asked the legend Big Mitch, aka Mitchell Elegbe, how he built Nigeria's first Fintech unicorn, Interswitch Group. He gave me five cardinal principles. This story is a PSA for anyone aspiring to build a great company! I could have spent the entire day talking to him. I'm publishing it this Sunday on This is Big. Sign up here to get first dips in your inbox: https://lnkd.in/etSBYMBX