EMP CEO Visits CWG Facility

Mr. Murat Ozulku, chief executive officer, Emerging Markets Payments Group (EMP), has led a delegation of the Company’s executives on a working visit to the corporate head office of Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) Plc in Lagos.

The visit was aimed at deepening the partnership between both firms.

Addressing the delegation, Mr. Austin Okere, founder and chief executive officer, CWG Plc observed that in line with her Cloud Services offering under the new CWG2.0 business model, CWG Plc operates a Data Centre for her use, as well as the use of her customers.

The Data Centre, he explained, is a state of the art category 3 facility manned by a complement of experienced and certified technical personnel.

According to Okere, “CWG adheres strictly to a Standard Operating Procedure and provides a checklist for all clients’ equipment to ensure that they meet best practices including dual power and network sources for all devices. This is further complemented with Managed Services for Level 2 and level 3 technical support. With this facility, we have been able to offer EMP the platform they require to support their customers in Africa and the Middle East with unparalleled payment services”.

Mr. Murat Ozulku, chief executive officer, EMP Financial Payments Solutions pointed out that the visit aimed to strengthen the relationship between the two companies and build upon mutual aspirations.

According to him, “CWG is a recognized brand in the Data Centre and Cloud Services management sector, and a strong partner that has given us the technical backup we need to support the rapid growth in our clientele across Nigeria.”

“Our visit today gives us the unique opportunity to discuss ways in which our collaboration can be further exploited as we seek to expand our range of innovative solutions, and enable us to better cater to the needs of the fast growing payment industry in Africa and beyond”, he said.

EMP delivers electronic payments services to more than 130 banks and 30,000 merchants across 45 countries.

The company is committed to supporting the rapid and secure expansion of the payments industry in these fast growing markets.

It is noteworthy that EMP was the first processing company to introduce cutting-edge Europay, Mastercard and Visa chip-and-pin technology to Africa and thus making the African payments industry more secure.

True to her mission of deploying technologies that enable growth, CWG boasts of technology innovation and services that have improved the operations of financial institutions in Nigeria.

It will be recalled that CWG recently powered the migration of United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Associated Discount House (ADH) to the Finacle 10 banking solution.

She also champions the course of financial inclusion in West Africa using her FinEdge Financial Platform to power products such as MTN XaaS in collaboration with MTN for Microfinance banking, and the Diamond Yello Account, in collaboration with Diamond Bank and MTN for Mobile Money applications.