Atanda: Collaboration, Resilience Key to Business Success in Adversity

Emma Okonji

The Managing Director of Remita Payment Services Limited (RPSL), an indigenous financial technology firm and a subsidiary of SystemSpecs Holdings Limited (SHL), Mr. Deremi Atanda, has emphasised the importance of fostering a collaborative culture as the key to business success.

Atanda made the call while representing the Group Managing Director, SHL, John Obaro, as the Keynote Speaker at the 6th Lagos Business School (LBS) MBA Entrepreneurship Expo and Contest held recently.

The event celebrates and rewards innovative business ideas and it featured five exceptional MBA students from different LBS programmes.

During his presentation titled: ‘Shaping the Future of Business’, Atanda encouraged entrepreneurs to break barriers and embrace change so as to play their part in shaping business for the future.

He said: “Business owners and managers are to pay attention to customers’ changing needs, technological advancements, deliberate value creation, and the influx of a new generation of workers, as these are critical levers that will shape businesses in the future.”

Identifying the hurdles that dot the Nigerian business landscape, he showed a spotlight on the boundless prospects for growth and triumph that the country holds, thereby urging entrepreneurs to embrace resilience, adaptability, and innovation as indispensable traits in the face of adversity.

“Engaging in business endeavours within Nigeria may initially appear daunting; however, it simultaneously unveils substantial avenues for growth and prosperity.

“Nigeria, being a country with emerging potential for business expansion, holds a promising future. As ambitious young professionals, you possess the extraordinary capacity to influence and shape the ever-evolving landscape of the business world,” Atanda said.

Using the trajectory of Remita, he described the company’s successful emergence despite the difficulties posed by the adversities against the Treasury Single Account (TSA). The TSA has since been recognised as one of the finest governmental choices in the past decade.