Vice President Kashim Shettima says reforms instituted across diverse sectors by President Bola Tinubu’s administration are supporting the transformation of indigenous companies into international brands.
Mr Shettima stated this on Monday in Abuja when he received a delegation from Flutterwave, led by its chief executive officer and co-founder, Olugbenga Agboola.
Flutterwave is an indigenous fintech company that provides payment infrastructure for global merchants and payment service providers.
He observed that companies such as Flutterwave, Moniepoint, Andela and others are leveraging the gains of the administration’s economic reforms to scale their operations and expand their businesses.
Mr Shettima assured the Flutterwave team of the federal government’s continued support within and outside Nigeria.
He said, “we have to support and promote our own. We have to make our companies stronger.”
The vice president commended the Flutterwave team for building one of Africa’s most compelling technology stories from Nigeria.
He attributed the feat to committed leadership and expertise at the company.
Mr Shettima noted that worthy of mention in the Flutterwave story was the company’s “ability to solve an African problem using indigenous solution that addresses challenges related to digital payment for products and services, among others.”
Earlier, Mr Agboola informed the vice president that the company’s mandate was to ensure massive growth in the next couple of years to remain the giant of payments and banking across Africa and the globe.
He thanked Mr Tinubu, the vice president and the federal government for the confidence reposed in Flutterwave.
He noted that “it is a strategic signal of how Nigeria is supporting Nigeria” as well as a very important milestone for the company.
“Your Excellency, it’s my honour to be here today. Like I said, our goal is to partner you and your team to reason how we can do more to advance the administration’s amazing economic agenda.
“We want to be a part of that positive story. We are very much a Nigerian company. I’m very much Nigerian. Nigeria is our home.
“And everybody here, as you can see, they’re all Nigerians. Our goal is to ensure that we do our best to help move Nigeria forward.”
(NAN)