Behind every smooth digital payment is a complex system working quietly in the background. At the 11th Nigeria Technology Awards (NITA) 2025 in Lagos, one of the professionals responsible for keeping those systems stable and reliable was brought into the spotlight. Adedamola Ajibola, a DevOps and Platform Engineer at Interswitch Group, was named Excellence in DevOps & Infrastructure Automation Professional of the Year.
The award honours technology professionals whose work delivers real, measurable impact. For Ajibola, that impact is felt daily across Africa, where millions of financial transactions depend on the platforms he helps to build, optimise, and scale.
At Interswitch, Ajibola works on some of the company’s most critical systems, including its switching infrastructure, lending services, smartcard processing platforms, and ACI-based payment routing systems. These platforms form the backbone of digital payments for banks, fintechs, merchants, and everyday users. Through careful engineering and automation, his work has improved transaction success rates, reduced system delays, and made deployments faster and more reliable.
According to the NITA awards panel, Ajibola stood out for his strong focus on high-availability systems and DevOps automation, as well as his ability to deliver performance improvements at scale within Nigeria’s financial services ecosystem. His contributions have helped strengthen the reliability of digital payment infrastructure in an industry where downtime is simply not an option.
Speaking after the award, Ajibola described the recognition as a reflection of collective effort rather than individual achievement. He emphasised the importance of resilient infrastructure in supporting Africa’s fast-growing fintech sector and reaffirmed his commitment to building systems that can grow with demand.
Beyond his professional role, Ajibola is also invested in developing future tech talent. He supports digital skills and inclusion programmes such as W.TEC, TEV4Dev, and TechNow Global, mentoring young people and helping individuals with developmental disabilities gain practical digital and creative skills.
Now in its 11th year, the Nigeria Technology Awards remains one of the country’s leading platforms for celebrating excellence in technology. As Nigeria strengthens its position as a fintech and innovation hub, professionals like Ajibola highlight the importance of strong technical foundations behind visible digital progress.
His recognition at NITA 2025 is a reminder that while innovation often grabs headlines, it is reliable infrastructure and the engineers behind it that keeps the digital economy running.
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