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Splash Is The King of Money Payment System in Sierra Leone

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Splash is Sierra Leone’s first mobile payment system, allowing you to send money to other mobile users using just your phone.  It is a mobile payments system – a transformational service allowing mobile phone users in West Africa to send money using just their phone handset

 

To send money you must register with an agent and load money into your Splash account. You can then send that money to another mobile phone user, using just text messages.  Clients using Zain, Africell and Comium networks can be registered on the Splash system. You do not need a bank account to register, and registration is free. Any Zain, Africell or Comium mobile phone can receive money through Splash ­ and the electronic money or “SplashCash” received can be converted to real cash with a Splash Agent.

 

Splash is partnered with the mobile network operators Airtel, Comium and Africell, and with Guaranty Trust Bank. The service is licensed by by both the Central Bank of SIerra Leone and the National Telecommunications Commission.

 

The company is VC funded by Manocap and the African Enterprise Challenge Fund.

Hope Micro and Splash Mobile Money Partner With Kopo Kopo To Make Sierra Leone Mobile Microfinance Ready

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Kopo Kopo, a software company that operates a services platform connecting mobile money to microfinance institutions, has partnered with Hope Micro and Splash Mobile Money to bring mobile financial services to the country.

 

Hope Micro customers will now be able to repay their loans via Splash Mobile Money, a service that allows users on the top three mobile networks to load cash onto their phones, send money, pay bills, withdrawcash, and buy goods. As a result, Hope Micro customers no longer need to close their shops and travel across town in order to pay loan installments.

 

According to SD Kanu, the Executive Director of Hope Micro, “making payments at our office takes the client away from their business. We partnered with Splash and Kopo Kopo in order to make our services as convenient as possible and put more money into the pockets of our customers.”

 

“We are excited that Hope Micro has selected our service to help them integrate their business processes with the Splash Mobile Money system,”said Kopo Kopo CEO Dylan Higgins. “All along the way, Hope Micro and Splash Mobile Money have shown they are committed to using innovation tohelp improve their customers’ lives.”

CloudCamp Lagos Is Today – Muson Center

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CloudCamp is an unconference where early adopters of Cloud Computing technologies exchange ideas. With the rapid change occurring in the industry, we need a place where we can meet to share our experiences, challenges and solutions. At CloudCamp, you are encouraged to share your thoughts in several open discussions, as we strive for the advancement of Cloud Computing. End users, IT professionals and vendors are all encouraged to participate.

 

Why Cloud Computing ?

  • The ability to scale your business and infrastructure — on demand with out capital outlay.
  • The ability to flow over (even if it’s just the coffee ordering system) — on demand without commitment.

Who should attend:
Anyone wishing to further Cloud Computing or just learn what all the fuss is about!

  • Developers, Architects, Analysts, IT Management and Executives, from App Dev through to Production.
  • Entrepreneurs, founders and leaders of start-up/early-stage companies, venture capitalists and industry analysts.

Reasons to attend:

  • Understand how to integrate Cloud Computing Services into your business
  • Find ways to cut fixed infrastructure costs while increasing reliability and scalability
  • Learn from from others about their use of Cloud Computing Services

Date
May 28th, 2011

Location
Cinema Hall
City Mall Opposite Muson Centre
Onikan Lagos

Kopo Kopo is SaaS Mobile Payment Gateway in Africa. Incubated in Unreasonable Institute Colorado, Investors Include Gray Ghost Ventures and Presumed Abundance

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Kopo Kopo by Kopo Kopo, Inc is  software-as-a-service mobile payment gateway for small and medium sized enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa. The service is available on a pay-as-you-go. The name Kopo Kopo was inspired by two different sides of sub-Saharan Africa: In Krio, the language of Sierra Leone, kobboh kobboh means “money”. In Swahili, spoken in several countries in East Africa, mkopo means “loan”.

 

Kobboh kobboh, mkopo, money, loan – whatever you call it, our focus is wealth creation rather than poverty alleviation. Incubated at the Unreasonable Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and invested in by Gray Ghost Ventures and Presumed Abundance, we started Kopo Kopo in order to help institutions offer their customers more convenient, affordable services with the goal of increasing the income of the poor. 

 

Mobile phones are more accessible at the base of the pyramid than clean water or electricity. With mobile money services like Safaricom M-Pesa in Kenya becoming more prominent by the day, it’s now possible to extend robust financial services to the poor via simple text messages.

 

To do so, however, institutions that serve the poor need an affordable way to integrate with mobile money systems. Our mission is to make that integration as simple and accessible as possible.

Websites and Twitter Handles of Selected Mobile Monday Units in Sub-Sahara Africa

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These are the websites of selected Mobile Monday units we know in Africa with their Twitter handles

MoMo Johannesburg http://www.mobilemonday.co.za @momojoburg
MoMo Kampala http://www.momokla.ug @momokla
MoMo Kenya http://mobilemonday.co.ke @mobilemondayke
MoMo Dar es Salam http://mobilemonday.co.tz @momodar
MoMo Nigeria http://momonigeria.org @momonigeria

 

Please if you know of other sub-Sahara African cities/nations, let us know. You can just leave a comment below.

 

MobileMonday™ (MoMo) is an open community platform of mobile industry visionaries, developers and influential individuals fostering brand neutral cooperation and cross-border P2P business opportunities through live networking events to demo products, share ideas and discuss trends from both local and global markets. Originating in Helsinki Finland, in 2000, events are organized by some 300 dedicated volunteers from around the world and it has become an industry leading mobile platform. Chapters have held events in over 100 cities worldwide and we continue to launch new locations monthly.

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