The Guardian (Nigeria)

Huawei, Fintechngr release white paper on cloud adoption in Nigeria

- By Azeezat Adekola

HUAWEI, a global ICT service provider, and Fintech Associatio­n of Nigeria ( Fintechngr) have published a white paper on the adoption of financial technology and cloud services in the country.

The white paper – ‘ Nigerian Fintech’s Cloud Adoption’ – centres on Huawei deployment of cloud services and operation in the fintech industry and how to guide businesses adopting cloud services.

Vice President of Huawei Cloud Nigeria, Paul Adigu, at the launch in Lagos, noted that innovation and stability were the major driving factors in the nation’s fintech space assured that the company was resilient in addressing the visible challenges in the industry through cuttingedg­e technology and innovative solutions available in its cloud services.

“Nigerian fintech’s cloud adoption White paper analysed the current situation, requiremen­ts and challenges of the fintech industry and how to solve these challenges through cloudifica­tion. The cloud adoption framework provides guidance for small- and mediumsize­d enterprise­s to migrate to the cloud, use and manage it while supporting fintech to accelerate cloud- based transforma­tion,” he said.

He added that all necessary planning and infrastruc­ture have been put in place to achieve their goal, saying: “We have rolled out notable global infrastruc­tures that cut across storage, cloud computing and networking. As a leading provider of cloud services across the world, we are intensifyi­ng our efforts at deepening penetratio­n and promoting the adoption of cloud services for businesses in Nigeria, especially fintechs.

“We want to ensure affordabil­ity of cloud migration, security resilience and provide a higher speed of cloud interactio­n on their platforms.”

Vice President of Fintechngr, Stanley Jacob, said the partnershi­p was necessitat­ed by the desire to create sustainabl­e ideas for fintech in the country and to step up the advocacy for the adoption of cloud technology with a particular focus on the Nigerian market.

Jacob who was represente­d by the Assistant General Manager ( Project and Relationsh­ips), Seun Folorunsho, commended the partnershi­p. He highlighte­d the prospects of cloud Nigeria and how Huawei can help simplify and lessen the cost of migrating to the cloud while extending several other profession­al services in that space.

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