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10 predictions for digital payments in 2019

2018 was an exciting year for payments in Nigeria. Tons of cash came in as international investments; interbank transfer crossed 700 million transactions, even mCash had a little showing. Of course, the bitcoin bubble made a loud burst with many licking their wounds. As usual, the following are my 10 predictions for 2019. They are […]

Posted 23 December 2018 † dejiolowe § Business § Cards § Nigeria § Payment § Piscalux ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Mobile Money in Nigeria: Operators, Opportunities and Trends

Recently I started seeing a spike in the number of inquiries made by friends, fintechs, and random other people about Mobile Money in Nigeria. And it’s not because they are suddenly having altruistic ideas for financial inclusion. Something must be cooking! Let’s get the basics rightMobile money is a form of banking where your account […]

Posted 11 October 2018 † dejiolowe § Business § Nigeria § Payment § Piscalux ‡ Comments (2) °

A rant about the evolution of telephony in Nigeria

A long time ago, when chicken had teeth, the whole of Nigeria (not half of it, the whole!) had 400,000 lines for 80 million people. Of course, only the rich had these phones. Everyone went to the business center to make calls and do Yahoo faxes. Or you climb a tree and shout yourself hoarse […]

Posted 22 June 2018 † dejiolowe § Business § Nigeria ‡ Comments (0) °

I hate shopping online. But for a different reason

Just like every other man, shopping in store is the very worst punishment, just next after going to hell. In fact, it can be worse than going to hell if you must do that with a woman. Much worse if you have to do that with your daughter. It’s not hard to figure out: women […]

Posted 10 April 2018 † dejiolowe § Business § Cards § Nigeria § Payment ‡ Comments (5) °

Transforming Payments in Nigeria with Open APIs

This is the email that birthed Open Banking Nigeria. Sent just 2 minutes to midnight on June 1, 2017. Sent to those unfortunate to be my friends and so, are subjected to never-ending streams of half-baked ideas and utter madness. It’s a very long read, so be warned! **************************************** Good evening everyone, At one time […]

Posted 30 March 2018 † dejiolowe § Business § Nigeria § Payment § Piscalux ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: , , , ,