Nigeria’s leading corporate e-payment platform, Remita was in the spotlight recently when about 120 selected senior bank executives from 22 commercial banks met in Lagos.

Samsung Electronics West Africa (SEWA), a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., last week in Lagos announced winners of the inaugural application developers challenge tagged “Samsung Apps Development Contest” at an impressive reveal-dinner event held at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Lagos.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, has announced that Dubi Blitt has appointed as Channel & Partner Manager for Eastern Mediterranean & Africa.

Whilst in Nigeria recently, at a risk conference for bankers sponsored by Oracle, I learnt there is clearly a change taking place amongst the banks in the country and one that the Central Bank is very obviously strongly encouraging. The number of banks that exist today is less than one third the number which previously existed. The number of rules and regulations that banks must respect is increasing.

Nigeria’s technol ogy professionals and enthusiasts last week witnessed the latest generation of products and services from Microsoft and its partners, designed to improve the way Africans communicate at work and in their personal lives.