The Acting Chief Executive Officer of MTN Mobile Money Limited, Shaibu Haruna has said the future of the first and preferred digital payment platform in Ghana, MTN MoMo looks very bright despite the varying challenges the industry is faced with.
He highlighted that in 2009, the company decided to redefine the course of Ghana’s financial sector with the launch of the mobile money and with a little over a decade, the impact and success stories have been immeasurable.
Speaking at this year’s edition of the MTN South West Business District Awards for MoMo Agents and Merchants at the Best Western Atlantic Hotel in Takoradi on Saturday December 10, Mr Shaibu Haruna extolled the former CEO Eli Hini for his enormous contribution to the growth of the company’s digital payment platform.
“Many people have played major roles in the MoMo success story, however, permit me to use this opportunity to single out and acknowledge the remarkable efforts of one man who has played a very instrumental and critical role in Momo’s evolution. Let us give our former CEO Eli Hini a big of applause in appreciation for how far MoMo has come under his leadership”, he said.
He added that; “I personally wish Eli well as he takes up another challenge to drive uptake of MoMo usage in the Nigerian Market. Indeed, he has left me with very big shoes to fill. I am up to the task with the support of all our partners. Let us all continue to maintain and grow the legacy he led the team to build in Ghana.
“The far-reaching results and success of this service have been championed by three categories of people. I speak of agents, merchants and mobilemoney agents.”
Mr. Shaibu Haruna continued that “with the support from 250,000 agent points across all sixteen regions of the country, our numerous
customers nationwide can make transactions wherever and whenever they need to.”
He said over 200,000 merchants who have accepted to use MoMo for payments of goods and services have continued to support the company towards their commitment to driving a cash-lite economy.[ads3]
Mr Haruna indicated that, “currently MTN MoMo subscribers stand at 11.3 million due to the tireless efforts of mobile agents who travel the length and breadth of Ghana, growing our subscriber base.”
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“The issue of fraud prevention is particularly important in our operations and as partners, we continue to count on your support in educating customers and recording Zero fraud cases in your operations. I am counting on your unwavering support to continue building on the successes and strides we have made in the coming years to make MTN MoMo the most preferred digital payment platform in Ghana”, he added.
In all two hundred and seventy five mobile money partners made up two hundred agents, fifty merchants and Twenty five Mobile Money Agents were awarded by the South West Business District of MTN with Samuel Okyere, CEO of Big Joe Ventures in Kasoa Datus in the Central Region picking the ultimate prize of GH 50000 electronic cash plus a Motorbike from MTN with others also receiving Laptops, cash and mobile phones.
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