Chief Regulatory Officer (CRA), Flutterwave, Olubankole Falade, said the fintech company has broken barriers to sales and business growth for grassroots small business in Nigeria.
Falade said this at the second Economic Update themed “Multisectoral Impact of Emerging Technologies and Best Options for their Adoption”, organised in partnership between the American Business Council of Nigeria (ABC) and Lagos Business School.
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Panelists at the event were the Chief Regulatory Affairs and Government Relations Officer of Flutterwave, Olubankole Falade; Group Software Channel and Distribution Business Lead West Africa, IBM, Solomon Omorodion; Country Executive for INTEL West Africa, Rita Amuchienwa; Vice President of Financial Markets AFEX, Oluwafunto Olasemo, and the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, represented by Dr. Falilat Jimoh.
During the panel discussion, the moderator, Associate dean of the Lagos Business School, Prof. Olayinka David-West, shared concerns around the accessibility of emerging technologies in Nigeria at the grassroots.
Falade noted that with Flutterwave technology, there are zero barriers to sales and business growth for grassroots.