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| L-R: Maji Allamogu, Chief Information Security Officer, Quest Merchant Bank; Omo Osemwegie, Chief Information Technology Officer, Quest Merchant Bank; Olamide Adeosun, Chief Financial Officer, Quest Merchant Bank; Lanre Bamisebi, Executive Director, IT and Digitisation, Access Holdings, Funke Shobanjo, Head of Strategy, Quest Merchant Bank, and Leslie Gumut, Chief Audit Executive, at the Inaugural Guest Lecture Series, organised by Quest Merchant Bank Technology Academy in Lagos...recently |
Lanre Bamisebi, Executive Director, IT & Digitalisation at Access Holdings Plc, has called on technology leaders and professionals to rethink how progress is defined in the AI-driven digital era. Speaking at the Inaugural Guest Lecture Series organised by Quest Merchant Bank Technology Academy, Bamisebi delivered a compelling address titled “Less, But Better: Why the Future of Technology Will Belong to Simplifiers (Process Reengineering, Discipline, and Building Systems That Actually Work).”
Bamisebi stressed that future success in technology will not be determined by who builds the most, but by who simplifies best, optimising systems, processes, and user experience. “The institutions that will win the next decade are not the ones that build the most,” he said. “They are the ones that simplify the best.”
Citing global examples, Bamisebi highlighted Steve Jobs’ 1997 Apple turnaround, Jeff Bezos’ system architecture mandate at Amazon, and the transformation of DBS Bank through disciplined process improvement. “None of these transformations began with a moonshot. They began by asking one honest question: what exactly is broken, and why?” he added.
Drawing on his experience at Access Holdings, Bamisebi noted that many digital failures stem from flawed processes rather than technology itself. “Technology failures are rarely caused by technology,” he said. “Stability is not glamorous, but without it, nothing sustainable can be built.”
He also addressed AI and job displacement, emphasizing that AI does not replace thinkers but exposes inefficiencies. “The age of AI is a mirror. It will reveal whether your value comes from judgment or from following instructions.”
Bamisebi concluded by urging African financial and tech institutions to prioritise discipline, process clarity, and simplicity over expansion or complexity. “The institutions that will define African financial services in the next decade will not be the loudest or the most expensive. They will be the most disciplined, the ones that know how to say no. Less, but better. Always.”
The lecture drew senior industry professionals, fintech innovators, and aspiring tech leaders, reinforcing Nigeria’s position at the forefront of Africa’s digital transformation journey.