Online payment platform pledges to develop local content apps

VoguePay, an online payment platform has stated its commitment to help Nigerian undergraduates develop applications for local contents that would support the Nigeria software market currently dominated by foreign software vendors.

This revelation was made by Chief Executive Officer of VoguePay Michael Simeon during the just concluded national conference and competition of the Nigerian Association of Computer Science Students (NACOSS) in Uyo Akwa Ibom state.

Simeon advocated that Nigeria has to move away from over reliant on foreign software to meet the country's software needs, which makes it pertinent for us to invest in the new generation of software developers and businesses to build local contents.

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He noted that his company sponsored the event to make sure that the aforementioned dream becomes a reality. He also stated that the event served as a platform for software hackathon which he described as capable of churning out next generation of indigenous software developers.

75 applications were received for the competition and the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of VogeuPay Leke Ojikutu, while announcing the winners, expressed delight in knowing that all the applications addressed areas of needs which can be turned to viable business.

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In his own remark, the company’s head of digital media and strategy, Wole Ogunlade, stated that "the VoguePay/NACOSS competition is part of a strategic 5-year partnership that the company is pursuing to help raise awareness about local talents on software development among students of tertiary institutions. He challenged other corporate organizations to pursue similar initiatives as part of their corporate social responsibility," reported Vanguard.

The winning teams from University of Nnamdi Azikwe (Unizik), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) and University of Ibadan (UI) were rewarded with cash prizes and business support from VoguePay.com and eStoreSMS.com while other competitors were given consolation prizes for their presentation.