In line with its mission of empowering businesses and young innovators across Africa, HabariPay’s Squad launched its first ever Squad Hackademy Programme on September 13th. The hybrid internship programme is the second phase its first-ever hackathon, “Take on Squad Hackathon 1.0.” which held on the 19th and 20th of January 2024, at the state-of-the-art GTCO Training Complex, Tayo’s Plaza, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
In this cycle of the Squad Hackademy Programme, six of the best performing students from the Take on Squad Hackathon 1.0 will have their tuition paid until they graduate as they get hands on learning experience working in one of Nigeria’s leading Fintech companies. Participants in this programme will work on real-life cases scenarios during SIWES and University holidays.
Commenting on the inaugural Squad Hackademy programme, Eduofon Japhet, Managing Director of HabariPay Ltd, said: “We are delighted to be delivering on the next phase of our Hackathon programme. The Squad Hackademy is the first of many initiatives to offer young, enterprising students a platform to engage meaningfully with technology and showcase their creativity and problem-solving abilities while helping them with their tuition fees along the way.”
About HabariPay
HabariPay Ltd is the fintech subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc, providing best-in-class payment solutions to help businesses in Africa grow and thrive.
Licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), HabariPay’s solutions include Squad – a complete payment tool to make in-person and online payments simpler, HabariPay Storefront – an e-commerce website to sell products and services, and Value-Added Services – to help merchants access cost-effective and flexible airtime and data bundles to run their businesses, as well as a switching infrastructure that enables tech-focused businesses to optimise cost and make transactions more efficient. Thousands of merchants currently leverage Squad’s payment solutions for their daily business operations.
HapariPay has received Mastercard’s Award For Accelerating Digital Acceptance in Africa and was awarded “Innovative Mobile Payment Solution” for its SquadPOS product by TIA.
About Squad
Squad is a complete payments solution that is reliable, secure, and affordable, making receiving in-person and online payments simple and convenient.
Our goal is to support SMEs, micro merchants, large corporations and other fintechs (Tech Stars) with the tools they need to thrive in an evolving digital economy and expand beyond their current market reach.
Squad’s current products and service offerings include SquadPOS, Squad Payment Links, Squad Virtual Accounts, USSD, and E-Commerce Storefront.
Find out more at www.squadco.com .
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