As part of activities to crown its 15th anniversary celebrations MobileMoney Limited (MML) organized awards events across the country to honour its high-performing partners, including merchants and agents who have been instrumental in the growth of MTN MoMo in Ghana.
The 15th anniversary celebration has been under the theme: “Empowering Communities: Celebrating 15 Years of Progressive Financial and Digital Inclusion.
In his remarks during the awards ceremony in Accra, Shaibu Haruna, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MobileMoney LTD, thanked the Bank of Ghana and other partners for trusting and choosing to work with MobileMoney LTD to drive financial inclusion over the past 15 years.
He said, “After 15 years, we are happy to say that we have co-created and contributed significantly to Ghana’s FinTech industry through direct and indirect employment of Ghanaians.”
Haruna said MML continues to contribute significantly to government revenue, facilitating business growth and creating digital entrepreneurs.
Above all, he added, “the platform has brought dignity to many Ghanaians through the transformative power of financial inclusion.”
“We continue to see significant opportunities in digital payments, cross-border payments, insurance, investment and e-commerce. These are opportunities that we can co-create and develop in the future,” the CEO highlighted.
He said the ambition of the company for the next decade is to provide ‘financial freedom’ for every Ghanaian and “this we hope to achieve through partnerships.”
Award winners for the Agents and Merchant categories took home various prizes including e- cash and motorbikes.
Other activities undertaken as part of the celebrations included a customer promotion float, a stakeholder forum to discuss the impact of emerging technologies promoting financial inclusion, fraud education and awareness campaigns, digital finance training for SMEs and a cashless market/trade fair.
The MoMo@15 awards showcased the partnerships and innovations that have shaped MTN MoMo’s journey, setting the stage for the next decade of growth in the financial sector.
Since its inception in 2009, MTN MoMo has transformed the financial services landscape in Ghana, providing millions of people with access to convenient, secure, and affordable mobile money services.
The platform has millions of users and continues to be an essential tool for financial transactions.
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