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10 Predictions for Digital Payments in 2022

It’s 5 years since I’ve been shilling my predictions, and here again, are my top 10 predictions for 2022. Although, if any of them comes through, I owe you a beer. As always, even though nobody pays attention, these predictions are largely educated guesses being that I have an advantage of seeing a lot from […]

Posted 01 January 2022 † dejiolowe § Piscalux ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Telcos to the Mobile Money Rescue

The Central Bank recently relaxed the rule on Mobile Money (MM) participation by giving out telcos invite to the party. Yes it’s a party but then everyone’s gone home. Specifically telcos are now allowed to be Super Agents, which means they could use their thousands of retail touch points to serve MM customers. But unlike […]

Posted 06 September 2015 † dejiolowe § Business § Cards § Mobile § Nigeria § Payment ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

MTN Nigeria made $2,6B Profit in 2014 – Beat that!

MTN Group just released their 2014 results. For once I sincerely believe I’m sure I’m in the wrong business. First thing on Monday, I’m taking a flight to Abuja to get my own telecoms license. You think I’m wrong? How can those numbers be wrong? Ok, time to face realities. MTN Nigeria had a bumper […]

Posted 08 March 2015 † dejiolowe § Business § Mobile § Nigeria § Piscalux ‡ Comments Off on MTN Nigeria made $2,6B Profit in 2014 – Beat that! ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

50,412,559 Nigerians on the Internet

The reality is, I’m not much better than the armchair consultants I ranted about. Some months ago I wrote that Nigeria doesn’t have more than 17M internet users. I did my calculation based on MTN’s year end result and extrapolated that for the whole industry. Please read paragraph 5 of page 50 of the MTN […]

Posted 13 November 2013 † dejiolowe § Business § Mobile § Nigeria ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , ,