Gbe La Wins Accra Zonal MoMo Fintech Hackathon

Gbe La has emerged as the overall winner of the Accra Zonal Hackathon of the 2026 MoMo Fintech Lab, leading five teams shortlisted for the programme’s National Mentorship Programme.

The solution, whose name means “the voice” in the Ewe language, is designed to address language barriers in digital financial services and make mobile money and other financial services more accessible to users.

The five shortlisted teams are Gbe La, Autosave, Frictionless Tolling, EcoTrust and Adawise. Each team received GH¢5,000 and will join other successful teams from the Northern and Middle Zones for the next stage of the programme.

The hackathon, organised by MobileMoney Fintech Limited (MMFL), brought together 10 teams to pitch their innovations to a panel of industry experts after three days of intensive training, pitching sessions and mentorship at the Accra Bootcamp.

The 10 teams were selected from 19 ideas presented during the bootcamp. The other competing teams were Recyclink GH, Lebe Finance, ESOG, Connect App and FiNora Cash.

Chief Products and Services Officer of MobileMoney Limited, Sylvia Otuo-Acheampong, said innovation must be driven by customers’ needs rather than assumptions made by organisations.

She said businesses needed to develop solutions that addressed everyday challenges and improved customer experiences.

“Innovation is something every organisation needs. For me, as Chief Products and Services Officer, the question is always: How do we make life easier for our customers? How do we remove friction, solve real problems and address the challenges they face every day?” she said.

She noted that the traditional approach, where organisations developed products based on assumptions about what customers wanted, was giving way to a more customer-centred model.

“We have moved beyond the days when a small group of people would sit in an office, assume they knew what customers wanted and develop products based on those assumptions. Today, we are bringing innovation from the outside in,” she said.

Mrs. Otuo-Acheampong said the MoMo Fintech Lab offered students, developers, entrepreneurs and innovators an opportunity to move beyond conceptualising ideas to demonstrating their practical applications.

The programme is expected to culminate in a National Demo Day on December 3, 2026, at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) Auditorium.

At the event, six finalist teams will showcase their solutions and compete for cash prizes of up to GH¢100,000, digital devices and other support to advance the development and implementation of their innovations.