Tigo Cash records phenomenal growth for 2015

With more than 12,000 agents nationwide, Tigo Cash recorded over 35 million transactions in 2015, a quintuple-digit growth over its 2014 figure of 7,962,078. “Lower barriers of entry coupled with our strong drive for mobile wallet adoption and improved value chain were major contributors to the high number of transactions we chalked last year,” said the General Manager for Tigo Cash, Kwame Oppong. “We are happy to be at the forefront of financial inclusion in Ghana, and we will continue to offer innovative payment solutions for customers and businesses,” he added. He explained that the company’s aim is to further drive its cashless agenda by helping customers see and experience the clear tangible benefits of a digital payments. “We believe in an economy where citizens can transact all types of business transactions online or via phone.” Every month, Tigo Cash records over three million transactions and has successfully brought banking to the unbanked. Since it was launched in 2011,Tigo Cash has grown outstandingly catering to millions of Ghanaians and has been ranked as the most preferred mobile money wallet by traders, famers and several others in the informal sector. Tigo cash also enables purchase of airtime, even for other Mobile Network Operators, and payment of goods and services such as DSTV bills.   Source: tv3network.com | Ghana