Intermarc Partners NITDA, Announces Upcoming Events

Intermarc Consulting Limited, an integrated consulting firm with focus on e-business but with particular emphasis on e-banking and e-payment intermediation services has been appointed by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to monitor and measure the impact of ICT4D and Government epayment Adoption Ranking (GEAR) in Nigeria through the eNigeria platform.
Adeyinka Adeyemi, managing partner, Intermarc consulting Limited explained that “a country’s e-readiness is a measure of its e-business environment, a collection of factors that indicate how amenable to Internet based opportunities. It is also how individuals and businesses consume digital goods and services.
With the accountant general of the federation announcement of the government policy on e-payment, the policy gave clear indication of the government’s seriousness to pursue the transformation from cash transactions to automated processes.”
The need to effectively position ICT to drive the Nigerian national economy and fully integrate Nigeria in the global information society towards becoming one of the top 20 economies of the world by the year 2020 necessitated the development of Nigeria’s ICT4D plan.
“Essentially, we will organize this national event to position ICT as a key driver of the Nigerian economy. As well, initiate the platform which will sustain the implementation of the hybrid approach “eNigeria 20-2020”; a measurable and scalable impact of development on the lives of the citizens,” said Mrs. Chinedu Ibisi, senior partner, Intermarc consulting Limited.
To help realize this dream, Intermarc Consulting Limited in conjunction with the Economic intelligence Unit, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and Africa Development Bank will be organizing the annual eNigeria Summit.
In the same vein, Intermarc Consulting is poised to deploy extensive solutions to stakeholders within the ICT sector, in 2010 as part of its contribution towards technological advancement in Nigeria and indeed, Africa.
Part of these includes the ePayment Breakfast Forum which will take place on February 9, 2010; a platform where decision makers from the banks and the ePayment market converge, to decipher and project operational trends in the New Year.
The Card, ATM & Mobile Expo, formerly CardExpo Africa will also commence from the 15th to 17th of June, 2010. To mark the 10th Anniversary of the company, the event has been upgraded to incorporate changes, global trends and best practice as obtained in mature economies. Tagged “War of the Channels” emphasis will be on managing cost and efficiency through electronic payment channels.
Intermarc will be organizing the maiden edition of Transaction Switching Africa in Accra, Ghana which serves as a proactive response to demand for optimized cost efficiencies in the payment transaction market in line with its vision to render sustainable superior performance and to be the preferred international epayment service provider.
Due to the rise in global electronic fraud, a stakeholders’ event which will display products and services, in addition to strategies that mitigate risk associated with efraud, the Fraud and Security Summit will be held in Cairo, Egypt.
Other upcoming events include the international workshop on executive Credit Risk to be held in Dubai, for board and top management from the public and private sector.