The authorisation will enable Upperlink to connect businesses and institutions to the NRS Merchant Buyer Solution (MBS) framework, support real-time invoice validation, secure transmission, and compliant digital tax reporting in line with the new national e-invoicing regime.

Mr. Olusegun Akano, the managing director of Upperlink, said the company’s authorisation as a System Integrator reflects its long-standing strength in enterprise technology, digital infrastructure, and nationally scaled service delivery.

The company has built a reputation as one of Nigeria’s premier indigenous technology firms.

‘’We have delivered secure, scalable, and easy-to-use platforms for business, government, financial services, and digital transformation initiatives. We are licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria [CBN] as a Payment Solution Service Provider (PSSP) and operate as an aggregator to the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS). This underscores our depth in regulated payment infrastructure and transaction technology. We are the first ICANN-accredited registrar in Nigeria. This is our additional capability in digital infrastructure and cloud-related services’’, Mr. Akano explained.

He added that Upperlink has developed payments and enterprise solutions such as Upperlink Paygate, which aggregates payments across major card schemes, and account-to-account channels and robust treasury systems that support 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, Mr. 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 some States through a secure portal for beneficiary registration, digital identity capture, database creation, and payment management in partnership with Banks.

Furthermore, Mr. Opeyemi Oni, the chief marketing officer, shed light on the NRS’s Mandate. 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 record keeping across the eco system’’.

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.

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.

The event, themed “Building a Truly Global, Multilingual #Internet4All”, will hold virtually on Monday 18 May 2026 by 10:00AM WAT, bringing together stakeholders across government, academia, technology, digital policy, and the Internet community to discuss the future of Universal Acceptance and digital inclusivity.

The Upperlink, ICANN, UNESCO and Universal Acceptance Steering Group’s UA Day 2026 will feature live demonstrations, expert-led strategy sessions, and conversations around enabling Internet systems, applications, and digital platforms to support all domain names and email addresses, regardless of language, script, or character length.

Speaking on the importance of the initiative, Akano Olusegun, the managing director and CEO of Upperlink Limited, noted that Universal Acceptance is critical to ensuring that billions of Internet users around the world can fully participate online using their native languages and local digital identities.

“As Africa’s digital economy continues to grow, there is an urgent need to build Internet systems that reflect linguistic diversity and provide equal access for all users. UA Day 2026 is an opportunity for stakeholders to collaborate and shape a more inclusive digital future,” Olusegun stated.

The event aligns with ongoing global efforts championed by ICANN and UNESCO to promote digital inclusion, local language accessibility, and universal Internet participation.

Developers, tech ecosystem players, policymakers, educators, Internet governance stakeholders, students, startups, and digital rights advocates are encouraged to participate in the session.

Registration

Participation is free, but interested participants are required to register to attend the event via the official registration link here or QR code provided on the event flyer.