He added that Upperlink has developed payments and enterprise solutions such as Upperlink Paygate that aggregates payments across major card schemes and account-to-account channels and BAMS (Bank Account Monitoring System), a treasury and account monitoring solution that supports efficient financial control for large corporations and various state governments in Nigeria. These capabilities reinforce the company's readiness to support large-scale invoicing, reconciliation, and compliance workflows required under the NRS e-Invoicing regime.

Upperlink's achievements cut across major public sector and social-impact programmes delivered at scale across Nigeria. For instance, Dr Akano explained that in the AGILE project, which is a five-year Federal Government initiative supported by the World Bank, the company provided technical support to Katsina State through a secure portal for beneficiary registration, digital identity capture, database creation, and payment management in partnership with Fidelity Bank.

''In the humanitarian project 2021, funded by the World Bank and executed by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, we supported transparent cash grant distribution and records preservation across 13 states. Our products are for medium and large-scale enterprises, with strong emphasis on scalability, security, flexibility, and administrative efficiency. Our broader mission is to simplify and continuously improve the way of life of individuals and organisations in Africa using technology'', he said.

Furthermore, the Director for Sub-Saharan Africa/Head of Business, Mr Opeyemi Oni, shed light on the NRS's authorisation. He said the NRS approval has strengthened Upperlink's commitment to ''helping Nigerian businesses comply seamlessly with the new e-Invoicing framework while reducing operational friction, improving transparency, and enabling trusted digital recordkeeping across the economy''.

This development comes at a critical time in Nigeria's tax digitisation journey. The NRS has confirmed a phased rollout of e-Invoicing across large, medium, and emerging taxpayers, with mandatory onboarding windows tied to annual turnover bands above ₦5 billion, between ₦1 billion and ₦5 billion, and below ₦1 billion.

Businesses are expected to integrate their invoicing or accounting processes with the NRS-approved framework and ensure real-time issuance, validation, and submission of invoices through authorised channels from their go-live dates.

As a System Integrator, Upperlink would design, deploy, integrate, and support invoicing compliant systems for organisations ''that need to connect with the national e-Invoicing infrastructure. This includes support for businesses with existing enterprise systems as well as organisations that require middleware or portal-based solutions to meet the new compliance obligations. With the NRS authorisation, Upperlink is positioned to work with corporates, institutions, financial service providers, and public-sector organisations seeking reliable integration support as Nigeria expands the scope of mandatory e-Invoicing nationwide'', Oni said.

About Upperlink Limited

Upperlink Limited is a Nigerian technology company focused on enterprise solutions, payment infrastructure, digital platforms, and e-government services. The company is licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria as a Payment Solution Service Provider (PSSP), Payment Terminal Service Provider (PTSP), and Super-Agent, aggregates payment services through NIBSS, and provides products spanning payments, treasury automation, education management, cloud services, and digital business infrastructure. Upperlink has also delivered nationally scaled technology projects across government and development programmes, including work connected to AGILE and humanitarian cash grant distribution initiatives across multiple Nigerian states.