By Francis Kamara
In an effort to enhance the digital financial space and effectively make business transaction easy in the country, the leading telecommunications company in terms of electronic financial services in the country ‘Orange Money’, has on Wednesday 10th August 2022, launched a partnership deal with the bike riders union of Sierra Leone.
The key highlights of the partnership deal between Orange Money and the Bike Riders Union include; the completion of the bike riders union office building (top-bottom), bike riders will also have agents that will enable them to cash in/out. The deal also covers the ‘Close User Group calls (CUG) for all bike riders for a minimum cost of Le. 15.
On the expectations of Orange Money, they urged all bike riders to accept orange money as a means of payment from customers. The bike riders are also expected to join Orange Money in all of their adverts, and all bike riders must have a registered orange money sim-card.
There’s also a Le. 150m cash prize if they can achieve the 10% mark of members with orange money registered sim by the end of the year. Another le.150m will be given to the riders if they can get majority of the bike riders to accept orange money as means of payment. Orange Money also promised to organize a ‘Bike riders Cup’ by the end of the year.
The acting CEO of Orange-SL madam Haffie Haffner, welcomed the delegates and acknowledged their support to society and the people of Sierra Leone. She added that it’s a glorious and important day in the history of Orange-SL despite the challenges that the nation is being faced with.
She affirmed that when Orange-SL started operations in Sierra Leone in 2016, they made a promise to the people of Sierra Leone to provide affordable and reliable network service to all Sierra Leoneans.
She underscored that as they are the largest network in Sierra Leone, they have made a tremendous commitment to provide effective service to the people and it is important to have more inclusiveness, as it is their responsibility to have digital inclusion no matter your status in society, age or gender.
She concluded that she is happy for the partnership and acknowledged that the bike riders are force to be reckoned with in society. She urged other commercial institutions to follow up on the footsteps of the bike riders, as orange hopes do more and improve on the partnership.
The orange money financial director, David Mansaray, asserted that a lot of commitment has been made into making the relationship fruitful. He added that they are showing solidarity and support to the bike riders as they are seen as an integral part of economic transformation in the country.
David Mansaray went on to say that they hope to provide an easy way to see that bike riders have an easy way to go about their business and hoped that the relationship will be long lasting and profitable.
The Bike Riders Union president Umaru Bah, acknowledged the tremendous effort of Orange Money and Orange-SL for introducing such a lucrative partnership. He added that the decision of orange money to complete their union office building is a great way to start a relationship and they are grateful.
He concluded that the partnership will yield profitable fruits and it will be long lasting. He added that the 1,258,000 bike riders in Sierra Leone will fulfill their partnership agreement for as long as the partnership lasts.
The event climaxed with the official signing of the partnership deal between Orange Money and the bike riders union.
