Cellulant Nigeria Prepares to Roll Out Mobile Money Services

Cellulant Nigeria, a mobile commerce network operator licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the company plans to rollout services in early next year and has promised to deliver world class services that would exceed customers expectations.


The company was licensed in September after successfully completing of a rigorous qualification exercise carried out by the CBN over several months.

           
Mr. Goke Akinboro, managing director, Cellulant Nigeria Limited, expressed delight at the award of the license, and promised that his firm would offer its customers service that would thrill them while meeting global best practice standards.       
   
                   
“Our firm is very excited that the Central Bank of Nigeria has considered us worthy to be granted a mobile payment services license. We view this as a challenge to us to give Nigerians very reliable and customer-friendly services. We have already proven our expertise in various mobile wireless applications and solutions that we provide across various segments of the Nigeria economy and it is our intention to do the same in the mobile payments services segment,” he said.

       
Akinboro said Cellulant plans to launch its brand of mobile money services very soon, stating that the firm would be working with agents and various partners including commercial and microfinance banks to make Nigerians have easy access to mobile money services.   

           
Cellulant Ngeria Limited has been a major player in the valued added services segment of Nigeria’s telecommunications industry where it has provided many solutions to customers riding on the back of mobile network operators.       

                           
The company recently won a contract to design, develop and operate the technology platform for the Nigerian government’s Growth Enhancement Support scheme (GES).


The GES Scheme is an electronic-mobile registration, validation and value chain development system (e-wallet) that supports the distribution of farm inputs directly to farmers.   
                       

So far, over 90,000 farmers have benefited from GES scheme which has revolutionized fertilizer distribution in Nigeria.