{"id":1166602,"date":"2022-08-04T17:48:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T17:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/04\/mtn-momo-month-bounces-back-after-two-years-covid-19-pandemic-interruption\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T17:48:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T17:48:51","slug":"mtn-momo-month-bounces-back-after-two-years-covid-19-pandemic-interruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/04\/mtn-momo-month-bounces-back-after-two-years-covid-19-pandemic-interruption\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN MoMo month bounces back after two years COVID-19 pandemic interruption"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Mankessim (C\/R) Aug. 04, GNA -The Mobile Telecommunication Network, (MTN) has re-launched its Mobile Money awareness month after two years of break due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n
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Though\u202fthe\u202fpandemic\u202frestricted public gatherings and movement,\u202fit also accelerated\u202fthe drive\u202ffor financial\u202finclusion through electronic transactions and\u202foffered the opportunity\u202fto undertake\u202ftrade activities beyond the boundaries\u202fof\u202fits\u202ftraditional commercial space.<\/div>\n
Mr. Prince Owusu Nyarkoh, the Regional Senior Manager for Western and Central, during the launch of the MoMo month, at Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region, said MTN \u201c\u202fMoMo\u201d had established itself as a critical\u202felement\u202fin\u202ffacilitating trade and other forms of financial transactions adding that \u201cthe pandemic even made MoMo more relevant.\u201d<\/div>\n
The theme for this year\u2019s MoMo\u202fMonth is: \u201cAccelerating Growth in Digital Payments, the Role of Partnership.\u201d<\/div>\n
Mr Nyarkoh said digitization and innovation in the technology space had already gained roots, and digital payments was no exception and have come to stay.<\/div>\n
According to the Senior Manager, MTN MoMo was fostering and accelerating growth in digital payments regime that required the\u202fshared responsibility of all stakeholders subscribers, regulators, financial partners, and the media.<\/div>\n
The Company, needed to leverage the power of collaboration to foster gains, build economies of scale in the sector and promote sustainable economic growth, he indicated.<\/div>\n
Mr Nyarkoh said, the MTN \u201cMoMo\u201d had impacted the lives of millions of Ghanaians both home and abroad aside creating jobs, describing the feat as \u2018humbling\u2019 in the\u202fsector.<\/div>\n
He further observed that, \u201cthe impact and success stories are immeasurable such as offering mobile financial services to the banked and unbanked, and creating job opportunities for millions of Ghanaians.\u201d<\/div>\n
He in this regard, appreciated various players in the industry who facilitated the launch of \u2018one\u202fof the most revolutionary financial product\u2019 to the Ghanaian\u202ffinancial market.\u202f<\/div>\n
\u201cWe say Ayekoo to our Regulators, Partner Banks, Agents, and Merchants dotted across the length and breadth of Ghana\u201d he added.<\/div>\n
Mr Nyarkoh underscored the successes\u202fchalked\u202fby\u202f\u201cMoMo\u201d, saying it could partly\u202fbe attributed to the mass awareness campaigns\u202fundertaken\u202fthrough the<\/div>\n
month-long campaigns dubbed \u201cMoMo\u202fMonth\u201d\u202fcelebration.<\/div>\n
He pledged MTN\u2019s continuous commitment to\u202fstrengthening partnership\u202fwith the\u202fBanks, Insurance\u202fcompanies\u202fand other\u202fFinancial Institutions\u202fto\u202fdeepen digital payments.\u202f<\/div>\n
Again, the Regional Manager lauded the Company\u2019s promotion of MoMo Business\u202fPlatform,\u202fthe\u202fMoMo open API, the Merchant App\u202fand\u202fConsumer Apps\u202fwhich ensured sustainable partnerships to spur growth.<\/div>\n
\u201cThe MTN as a mother company would drive the agenda to create opportunities for others\u202fto leverage MoMo usage through its platforms.<\/div>\n
\u201cWe want customers to become aware that with MoMo they can make multiple payments to institutions at their convenience\u201d.<\/div>\n
The company according to Mr Nyarkoh, MTN had beefed up security against fraudulent activities and encouraged users to avoid sharing passwords.<\/div>\n
Since\u202f2012, MoMo Month had been held annually\u202fto create awareness about the digital payment platform, drive financial inclusion\u202fand\u202frewarded\u202fcustomers, Agents, and\u202fMerchants.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mankessim (C\/R) Aug. 04, GNA -The Mobile Telecommunication Network, (MTN) has re-launched its Mobile Money awareness month after two years of break due to the coronavirus pandemic. Though\u202fthe\u202fpandemic\u202frestricted public gatherings and movement,\u202fit also accelerated\u202fthe drive\u202ffor financial\u202finclusion through electronic transactions and\u202foffered the opportunity\u202fto undertake\u202ftrade activities beyond the boundaries\u202fof\u202fits\u202ftraditional commercial space. Mr. Prince Owusu Nyarkoh, the Regional […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1166608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[5375,261,21390,2427,2754,415,1040,1151],"class_list":["post-1166602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-bounces","tag-covid19","tag-interruption","tag-momo","tag-month","tag-mtn","tag-pandemic","tag-years"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1166602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1166602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1166602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1166602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}