MTN Nigeria has again bagged the “Telco Partner of the Year” award at the 2019 Electronic Payments Incentive Scheme (EPIS) Efficiency Awards held in Lagos.
The awards, organized by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS), in collaboration with the CBN, aimed at recognising, incentivising, rewarding and encouraging high-performing stakeholders in Nigeria’s payment space, to driving innovation as well as improve performance and efficiency across the value chain.
Presenting the award to MTN Nigeria, the Deputy Governor of CBN, Adebisi Shonubi, said the apex bank recognised the telecom company’s “outstanding contribution towards the development of innovative payment channels in 2018.”
Commenting on the award, the General Manager, Mobile Financial Services, MTN Nigeria, Usoro Usoro, said the company was pleased to have been recognised by the apex bank for its immense contributions to government’s cashless policy.
“As a technology company and partner in the development of Nigeria’s economy, MTN will relentlessly continue to innovate and proffer solutions to help the CBN simplify the country’s payment system, reach the unbanked and under-banked, and enable Nigerians to access a better quality of life,” Usoro said.
It will be recalled that this marks the second consecutive year MTN Nigeria will be recognised by the CBN as ‘Telco Partner of the Year.’
Also in October last year, the company was named the ‘Telecommunications Company of the Year’ and received four other laurels including – Social Impact Award, Digital Transformation Award, Customer Experience Award and Telcom CEO of the Year awards at the 2018 Nigerian Tech Innovation and Telecom Awards (NTITA) awards held in Lagos.
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