The Right Approach to Credit Will Grow, Not Harm, Your Business by Kevwe Onokerhoraye, Head, Product Strategy
Imagine this: Mr. Okeke runs a small grocery store in the bustling city of Lagos, Nigeria. He has been in business for several years, and his shop is an integral part of the local community. Yet, like many small business owners in the informal sector, Mr. Okeke faces a significant hurdle: accessing credit to grow […]
Three ways embedded finance can drive a cashless economy by Victor Irechukwu, Head of Engineering, OnePipe
In recent years, non-bank providers have been integrating financial services into various products and services. This enables merchants that have these embedded financial services to interact with their customers in new ways. Recall Nigeria’s recent cashless experiment? The main problem was not because the country wanted to go cashless, rather, people were unable to pay […]
To make ePayments more acceptable, Nigeria needs to curb fraud By Victor Irechukwu, Head of Engineering, OnePipe
When a credit alert drops on your phone, chances are you will get excited. Even if it wasn’t a surprise and you were expecting that money. But when it is a debit alert, there’s also a certain type of gloom you feel; you want money to keep coming in but as little as possible of […]
A New Era of African Leadership: The Rise of a Dynamic Generation by Ahmed Kaballo, CEO & Founder African Stream
For decades, Africa has been portrayed in the media as a continent beset by poverty, conflict, and instability. However, a new generation of African leaders and business thought leaders is breaking this mold and demonstrating the continent’s vast potential for progress and growth. These leaders come from a variety of backgrounds, but they share a […]
Are there really cashless economies? By Yvonne-Faith Elaigwu, Head of Operations and Governance, OnePipe
‘Cashless’ has probably become one of the most popular words in Nigeria in the last few months. While it can be defined in different ways, it has one universal meaning and is characterised by the exchange of funds for goods and services by methods other than the use of cash. This little or no dependence […]
A cash-driven society is bad for you, your business, Nigeria’s GDP, everybody!
By Femi Apesin, Head, Growth & Marketing, OnePipe If the 38.1 million Nigerian adults financially excluded at the end of 2020, saved N1,000 every month through a financial service provider, that would have meant an extra N457 billion available in liquidity to drive the Nigerian economy. It would have been almost half a trillion naira […]
Public Relations: Still an essential service during the pandemic
The year 2020 was definitely an unprecedented year with the emergence of COVID-19. The wave of the global pandemic hit and the effect of its reverberations are still felt around the world. As at 28 February 2021, there have been 113,467,303 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 2,520,550 deaths reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) […]
