BizWatch Nigeria,
Nigeria’s foremost portal for news and business intelligence, is set to host
over 200 business leaders, chief executives, IT managers, tech experts and
thought leaders to the second edition of its webinar series.
The event, which is scheduled for Wednesday,
June 30, 2021, seeks to explore valuable insights on the challenges facing the
growth of e-commerce in Nigeria, the fintech disruptions amid the COVID-19
pandemic and its impact on today’s e-commerce industry.
This webinar tagged: ‘FinTech: A Silver Bullet
for Nigeria’s E-commerce Growth?’ will feature experts with a vast knowledge of
the fintech and e-commerce space.
The online event will feature two speakers who
will update stakeholders on the synergies that are enabling payment service
companies and e-commerce thrive in spite of the disruptions of the COVID-19
pandemic.
The speakers will deliberate on if truly
financial technologies are the silver bullet for the Nigerian e-commerce growth
at the event that will be held via Zoom at 11:00am.
Speaking on the expectations for the event,
the Managing Editor, BizWatch Nigeria, Mr David Oputah, said the speaker will
share insights on how retailers and small business owners can leverage digital
innovations for inclusive growth.
Participants can register for the webinar via https://bit.ly/3gJD3P4.
The webinar will feature the Group Head of
Business Development of PayAttitude Global Limited, Onajite Regha, and
CEO/Co-founder for One Kiosk Africa, Adeshina Adewunmi.
Regha was the CEO and Executive Secretary of
E-Payment Providers Association of Nigeria (E-PPAN), an association which she
founded with all major stakeholders in the payment industry.
She currently serves in committees of the
Economic Communities of West African States (ECOWAS), the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN), the Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum (NeFF) and the Nigerian
Economic Summit Group (NESG).
A go-to person in Payment Systems in Nigeria,
Onajite supports missions to Nigeria and has supported organisations such as
DFID, IFC, Bill and Melinda Gates, and the GLACY/+ EU project on criminal
justice in Nigeria.
An astute speaker and writer, she contributes to several publications, authored policy briefs and whitepapers focused on financial inclusion, digital banking and the advancement of Africa’s fintech sector.
Adeshina is the CEO/Co-founder for One Kiosk
Africa; an online retail platform leveraging technology to connect small and
medium scale retailers, supermarkets and farmers to customers.
One Kiosk leverages its channels to bridge the
access to market gap as well as access to finance gaps associated with small
retail businesses in Nigeria and hopefully Africa.
Adeshina holds a Bachelor’s degree in
Accounting from Bowen University and post-graduate diploma in Entrepreneurship
from the Lagos Business School. Adeshina has engaged on various local and
international platforms, including but not limited to the International Finance
Corporation (IFC) 100 African Startup Initiative, Tony Elumelu Foundation, 1,000
African Startups by France government 2020 and GITEX 2020 Startups, organised
by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), where he
represented Nigeria in Dubai.
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