Yemisi Izuora
Nigeria’s fintech industry has over the past decade been largely focused on democratising access, expanding payment options, creating new use cases, fostering inclusivity and attracting global attention to Nigeria’s payment ecosystem. As the market matures, the demands are changing: from accelerating adoption to building the infrastructure and capabilities required to support a larger and more sophisticated digital economy.
Remita has been a major part of Nigeria’s payment landscape from inception and has demonstrated capacity to take on emerging industry shifts and the fast-changing needs of businesses and consumers. This forward-looking approach will be at the heart of its participation at Nigeria Fintech Week (NFW) 2026, as a sponsor and exhibitor, engaging customers, partners and industry stakeholders at the two-day conference scheduled for September 22–23.
In its ninth edition, NFW 2026 will convene stakeholders across commerce, technology, banking, investment, academia, and regulation around the theme, “Legacy in Motion: Powering the Digital Renaissance.” The theme reflects an industry moving beyond its early breakthroughs towards strengthening the institutions, infrastructure and standards that will define its next phase.
Remita has evolved alongside Nigeria and Africa’s payments industry, continuously flexing its outlook as regulatory, technology and customer expectations have continued to transform the market. This has given the company a deep understanding of how payment is evolving from standalone transactions into an increasingly embedded part of commerce and digital experiences – and where the next opportunities lie.
The global payments industry is also changing rapidly. Customers increasingly expect payments to be instant, simple, and embedded within the services they already use, while businesses require technology that can support more complex transactions at scale. This is raising the standard for payment companies, placing greater emphasis on reliability, connectivity, and the quality of customer experience.
According to ’DeRemi Atanda, Managing Director, Remita, one of the event keynote speakers, Nigeria has an opportunity to translate its strong position as a globally recognised fintech innovation hub into wider economic impact as envisaged in the country’s Payment System Vision 2028.
“As fintech becomes more embedded in the economy, the standard changes. We are no longer building only for adoption; we are building dependence. Individuals and businesses increasingly organise important parts of their lives and operations around digital financial services, and that places a much higher responsibility on the technology behind them,” Atanda said.
“The opportunity for Nigeria is to build with that level of responsibility in mind – combining innovation with the resilience, intelligence and scale required of financial infrastructure that people and businesses can depend on every day.”
For Remita, this means continuing to deliver payment capabilities that respond to both institutional requirements and the changing expectations of individuals and businesses in Nigeria, Africa and across the world.
With a bold entrance into the consumer segment evidenced by its strong showing in the ongoing Dangote Refinery IPO offer, Remita will be introducing its new generation mobile app that reflects the changing needs of consumers and businesses at the NFW 2026.
The app reflects a major evolution at Remita. Drawing on years of experience across enterprise and institutional payments, Remita is applying the same depth to offering more direct financial experiences to individuals and small businesses, with an emphasis on making everyday transactions simpler while retaining the reliability expected of an established payment infrastructure provider.
The company’s sponsorship of NFW also reflects its continued support for the accelerated expansion of the industry across different layers of talent development, ecosystem collaboration, mentorship, and easy access to national and continental opportunities.
“The real strength of an industry becomes visible in what it is capable of sustaining,” Atanda said. “Can its infrastructure support the next wave of businesses? Can its standards keep pace as the market becomes more sophisticated? Can companies build locally with the quality and ambition to compete beyond their home markets? These are increasingly important questions for Nigerian fintech, and established players have a responsibility to help raise that bar.”
That responsibility gives practical meaning to the idea of “Legacy in Motion.” Remita’s history provides institutional knowledge and perspective, but its greater value lies in how that experience is applied: to more complex payment problems, higher expectations of financial technology and a market whose opportunities increasingly extend beyond national boundaries.
As payments become more deeply connected to commerce, financial services and everyday economic activity, Remita is focused on strengthening the capabilities behind those interactions and making them simpler for the people and organisations that rely on them.