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    Paga, MoMo and Other Fintechs with Agent Networks That FG Could Leverage for Cash Distribution to Poor Nigerians

    Tomiwa OnaleyeTomiwa Onaleye
    10 months ago
    Paga, MoMo and Other Fintechs with Agent Networks That FG Could Leverage for Cash Distribution to Poor Nigerians

    Following the lockdown, the Federal Government began the disbursement of cash palliatives to the poor and vulnerable. The disbursement was carried out through the National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO) and the Household Uplifting Programme (HUP).

    Mobile agents networks across the country can help the FG to disburse Palliatives

    According to the government, a cash relief of N20,000 has been disbursed to over 2.6 million households (11 million individuals) across the country. It also added that it plans to extend the package to 1 million more households in the coming weeks.

    However, the FG has sacked 2 Payment Service Providers (PSP) for failing to promptly disburse the cash palliatives released to beneficiaries in four states.

    Suggested read: Nigeria Might Have Lost a Golden Opportunity at Financial Inclusion with the HUP Disbursement

    Using agent networks to disburse cash

    As an alternative, the CEO of Paga, Tayo Oviosu has reached out to the government, saying that his company is ready and able to help disburse the money promptly to those in need.

    Paga is ready and able to help the @NGRPresident & states on the mission to disburse money to those in need.

    We are on standby to servehttps://t.co/jE4roFUFN9

    Cc @mypaga @ProfOsinbajo @joduwole @uzonwagba

    — Tayo Oviosu (@oviosu) April 15, 2020

    Paga is a mobile payment platform with about 24,000 agents spread out across the country which the government could leverage to get the cash palliatives to those who are in need quickly.

    One of the coordinators of the cash transfer, HUP revealed that most of the beneficiaries don’t have bank accounts or banking facilities around their neighbourhood. It added that cash payment at ward level is the only way the palliatives can reach them.

    Paga has over 24,000 agents across the country

    Agent networks provide strategic leverage that can allow the government to reach the beneficiaries as they have more reach than banks. According to GSMA, mobile agent networks have 20 times more reach than banks.

    Paga mobile money agency

    However, Paga is not the only fintech startup in the country with extensive agent networks that the government could leverage to get the cash to the locals and rural where those in need live. Here are 4 other fintech startups with broad agent networks.

    MoMo – Agents across all 774 local governments

    MoMo is the mobile money service of MTN, Nigeria’s leading telecom provider. MoMo’s network of agents is present across all 774 local governments in the country.

    MoMo has over 100,000 agents in Nigeria

    MoMo has infrastructure and network to help the government get the palliative to the doorsteps of those that are in need.

    FirstMonie – Over 32,000 agents

    Firstmonie is the mobile money service of FirstBank, a foremost commercial bank in Nigeria. The platform has over 32,000 Firstmonie Agents present in 754 local governments across the country.

    Similar to MoMo, Firstmonie has popularity and reach that could be readily employed for disbursement of relief funds on a national scale.

    OPay – Over 40,000 agents

    OPay is a fintech app launched by Opera. The app boasts of about
    40,000 agents, one of the largest agent networks in the country.

    Paga, MoMo and Other Mobile Money FG Could Leverage for Cash Distribution
    Opay Agency

    Its large network which has been greatly boosted by the company’s many verticals could easily help the government disburse cash palliatives.

    SANEF

    SANEF is an initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), supported by Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS) that aims to deepen financial inclusions in the country.

    SANEF has over 500,000 agents across the country that the government could leverage to reach all the target beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfer.

    As the government is making plans to find replacements for the removed PSP’s, it will be advisable for them to leverage fintechs who already have a network of agents as it will make disbursement of the palliative faster and more effective.


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    Tomiwa Onaleye

    Tomiwa Onaleye

    Tomiwa Onaleye is a content writer that mines emotion bred from words. He is an avid lover of gadgets and Tech World. He graduated with B.Sc Mechanical from the prestigious University of Ibadan.

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