Remita Urges Tech, Engineering Students to Become Solution Providers

Nigeria's leading indigenous technology firm, Remita Payment Services Limited (RPSL), has called on technology and engineering students to embrace problem-solving as the central tenet of their studies. The company emphasized this message during the 2026 Technology and Engineering Students’ Association (TESA) Conference at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Osun State.

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Leadership is a continuous learning experience. There isn’t a handbook that prepares you for every challenge because technology, business and the world are constantly changing. Every day presents a new opportunity to learn, adapt and grow.

Mujib Ishola, RPSL’s Executive Director of Technology, led a session titled ‘Beyond the Degree: How Engineers Are Redefining Success Across Industries.’ He encouraged students to look past their academic achievements and position themselves as solution providers in a fast-changing world. Ishola also served as a judge at the conference's innovation hackathon.

Ishola underscored that leadership is a continuous learning process, as no single handbook can prepare one for every challenge in the dynamic fields of technology, business, and global affairs. He advised participants to remain confident in their knowledge while being humble enough to learn from others, stating, "The knowledge you seek already exists in someone else’s experience. Never stop learning, because that is how great innovators are built."

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Some of the most important decisions are the ones where the outcome isn’t guaranteed. Sometimes you have to commit resources, bring different stakeholders together and believe in what the solution can become. That’s how meaningful innovation happens.

Drawing from Remita's experience in developing widely-used payment infrastructure, Ishola noted that innovation often requires bold decisions and cross-industry collaboration. He remarked, “Some of the most important decisions are the ones where the outcome isn’t guaranteed. Sometimes you have to commit resources, bring different stakeholders together and believe in what the solution can become. That’s how meaningful innovation happens.”

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Competition has always existed, and that’s a good thing because it pushes us to think differently. At the end of the day, people are not looking for payments; they are looking to solve everyday problems. Payments simply enable those solutions.

Regarding Nigeria’s payment ecosystem, Ishola acknowledged competition as a positive force driving creativity rather than a threat. He explained, “At the end of the day, people are not looking for payments; they are looking to solve everyday problems. Payments simply enable those solutions.” Ishola stressed that trust and security are fundamental to any technology business due to its reliance on data and security measures. Remita's involvement in the OAU TESA Conference reflects its commitment to fostering Nigeria's future innovators.

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Be confident in what you know, and be humble enough to learn what you don’t. The knowledge you seek already exists in someone else’s experience. Never stop learning, because that is how great innovators are built.