ePayment Media Academy 101 Holds Next Week

The role of the Electronic Payment Providers Association of Nigeria (E-PPAN) has increasingly become oriented to policy advocacy, capacity building and training towards the achievement of the adoption of E-payment and improving service delivery.

The Electronic Payment Providers Association of Nigeria (E-PPAN) said that the realization of the important function of the media in achieving the objectives entered into collaboration with Industry experts to organize a training tagged, “E-Payment Media Academy 101 Holds”.

According to Yemi Kush, the training coordinator, the objective of the training is to enlighten the participants on the intricacies and peculiarities of providing electronic payment services and also to drive home the benefits to the society.

“While operators and regulators make efforts to ensure that the payment system in Nigeria meets global best practice,” Kush said, “it is important that journalists who are the watchdog of the society understand the possibilities, trends, operational framework and challenges of an efficient payment system to ensure effective reporting of the industry”.

Nigeria CommunicationsWeek learnt the training programme will focus on issues such as an overview of electronic payment industry; understanding policies and regulation of E-payment in Nigeria; challenges and opportunities of electronic payment and the need for knowledge-based reporting on electronic payment.

The training sessions will be facilitated by Onajite Regha, chief executive officer of E-PPAN; Dipo Fatokun, director, Banking and Payments, CBN; Mitchell Elegbe, group managing director, Interswitch); Mr. Adebisi Shonubi, managing director, NIBSS and Bayero Agabi (AIT Infotech Network).