Following the success of the inaugural edition of
the Interswitch Discovery Series at Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo in Ogun
State in March 2024, the company, one of Africa’s leading integrated payments
and digital commerce companies has taken the initiative further with the 2nd
edition of the ‘town-meets-gown’ collaborative innovation and idea discovery
program which held from January 29th through 31st at Landmark
University in Kwara State.
Designed
as part of Interswitch Group’s #SwitchAFuture initiative, the Interswitch
Discovery Series, targeted at tertiary institutions of learning in Africa
complements existing initiatives such as the InterswitchSPAK National Science
Competition and sit within the education pillar of the Group’s Corporate
Responsibility and Sustainability Interventions, geared towards creating shared
value in terms of building critically required technology and innovation
capacity within the society in which Interswitch operates as a business.
As
outlined by Interswitch Group’s Innovation and Ventures Team who champion the
Discovery Series, key elements of the program include Entrepreneurship Workshops,
designed to build entrepreneurial mindsets in students and empower them to take
charge of the future; Design Thinking Sessions & Masterclasses geared
towards imparting the capacity to solve problems creatively and collaboratively;
and the Grand Pitch, which showcases the respective ideas and innovations of
the participating students/groups and offers noteworthy and relevant prizes and
incentives including opportunities to incubate the most promising ideas with
Interswitch’s recently launched Innovation Lab and Incubator.
The
destination of the next edition in the series has been unveiled as Cosmopolitan
University, in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), taking place
from February 26th through 28th.
According
to the company, which is one of Africa’s pioneering Technology Unicorns, The
Interswitch Discovery Series remains committed to sparking innovation, sharing
essential knowledge through engaging workshops, dynamic pitch opportunities,
and interactive experiences to empower participants with the tools to transform
their ideas into meaningful solutions to make a lasting difference in their
communities and beyond.
Tertiary
academic institutions who are desirous of joining the series and collaborating
with Interswitch’s Innovation and Ventures Hub to spark innovative ideation and
enterprise on their campuses are invited to interface with Interswitch through innovation@interswitchgroup.com
Interswitch is a leading technology-driven
company focused on the digitization of payments and commerce across Africa.
Founded in Nigeria in 2002, Interswitch disrupted the traditional cash-based
payments value chain in Nigeria by supporting the introduction of electronic
payments processing and switching services, and also launched Verve, Africa’s
premier and leading domestic EMV-standard chip and pin payments card scheme.
Today, Interswitch is a leading player with
critical mass across Africa’s developing financial ecosystem and is active
across the payments value chain, providing a full suite of omni-channel payment
solutions. Interswitch’s vision is to make payments a seamless part of everyday
life in Africa, and its mission is to create transaction solutions that enable
individuals and communities to prosper across Africa. Interswitch’s broad
network and robust payments platform have been instrumental to the development
of the Nigerian payments ecosystem and provide Interswitch with the
infrastructure to expand across Africa. See more at www.interswitchgroup.com
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