Local business operators in Ghana and Africa have been encouraged to take advantage of the MTN Ayoba MoMo Accelerator platform to digitize their products and services to reach more clients and to meet the prevailing fast pace digital world.
According to Mr. Dario Bianchi, the Chief Digital Officer at MTN Ghana, the telecom giant believes in driving digital solutions and products that would make the lives of its customers brighter always, hence, the introduction of the MTN Ayoba MoMo Accelerator aimed at helping businesses to grow at an accelerated pace and to reach different customers across the globe.
Mr. Dario Bianchi made the call in a speech read on his behalf by Ms. Estelle Wellington, the Digital Innovations Officer - MTN Ghana, during the official launch of the 2nd Edition of the MTN Ayoba MoMo Accelerator 2022 Competition held in Tamale. The launch of the 2nd Edition of the competition in Tamale was to invite keen competition between individuals or group of young people who can develop startup digital solution or business apps that can create a web-based solutions or services for businesses to grow.
“We are here in Tamale at the HOPin Academy to introduce this platform to all the tech-developers and start-up businesses. We believe that giving them this platform is something that they can leverage on to grow their businesses. So, the accelerator has progressed, we have opened solutions and the application deadline is on the 30th November, 2022; and it will progress with the various accelerator trainings where we will train these start-up hubs and business entrepreneurs on things like business pitching, how to integrate solutions into Ayoba, how to work MoMo API and how to develop solutions as well as other technical and business skills that we believe will be very essential for them to be able to push and grow their businesses”.
Meanwhile, the MTN Ayoba according to Mr. Bianchi, currently has over 2.1 million active users in Ghana and over 10 million across Africa.
He disclosed that MTN Ghana would be selecting top five winners for awards at the end of the 2022 MTN Ayoba MoMo Accelerator competition. The awards include: Best MoMo Solution, the Most Liked Micro App, Experts Choice and the Top Ayoba Influencer. He noted that “all these awards come with a cash prize of Gh¢20,000, certificate, MTN and Ayoba souvenirs and a lifetime partnership with MTN and Ayoba, as well as an award of Gh¢50,000 for the best Tech Hub.
Applications for the competition are opened from now until 30th December 2022. On the other hand, the Director and Co-founder of HOPin Academy, Mr. MacCarthy Mac-Gbathy, expressed his excitement about the partnership MTN Ghana, and the innovation to help young people to have a cheaper and a more organic based platform to host their solutions and also use it as entrepreneurs to promote their businesses. Interested persons can follow the link to join the competition
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