[asterisk-biz] Mobile money for the rural communities in Cameroon

[Mitul Limbani]

There are several options to make payments via mobile phone and we  
have helped quite a few companies here in india to realise the same.

More importantly you may have to be ii

Thanks & Regards,
Mitul Limbani,
Founder & CEO,
Enterux Solutions Pvt. Ltd.,
The Enterprise Linux Company (r),
http://www.enterux.com
http://www.entVoice.com

On 02-May-2010, at 17:02, "Mark Scholten" <mark at streamservice.nl> wrote:

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>> From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-biz-
>> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of christian
>> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 12:07 PM
>> To: asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com
>> Cc: gideon at lukmefcameroon.org
>> Subject: [asterisk-biz] Mobile money for the rural communities in
>> Cameroon
>>
>> I am the CEO and co-founder of the charity organisation in Cameroon.
>> We are
>> currently working on a project aimed at improving on remittance  
>> towards
>> the
>> rural communities in Cameroon.
>>
>> I ideal is to have every mobile phone to become a small mobile cash
>> account
>> with which persons can use to pay bills, transfer funds from one
>> account to
>> the other, convert their electronic cash to physical cash wherever  
>> and
>> whenever the need it.
>>
>> First we will not want a solution that is too internet based as 98%  
>> of
>> Cameroonians do not have access to the internet.  Interestedly  
>> about 6
>> million Cameroonians have cell phones.  Most rural poor also have
>> phones
>> supported by their children living in the urban cities.  Our idea is
>> simply;
>> is there away that these persons in urban centres can send small
>> amounts of
>> cash to relatives in the rural areas?  We should have a way of
>> controlling
>> the transactions, monitor and provide support.
>>
>> While we see this as a charitable project, we also wish to assure
>> everyone
>> that there can be a lot of money (profit) to be made.
>>
>> We are seeking technical advice and partners to develop this further
>>
>> Christian
>> Tel 237 33332304/ 77947449
>> www.lukmefcameroon.org
>>
>
> Depending on your requirements you could make it SMS or voice based.  
> However
> to actually receive the money by the persons that are receiving it  
> they
> would need a point to claim it (a bank account or a shop where  
> someone pays
> the money and lower the money in their account when there is a  
> payout could
> work). Something similar is done in India if I'm correct.
>
> I don't remember the name of the company that did it in India, but  
> you could
> look for them. I would be happy to ask here internally if we would  
> be happy
> (and under what conditions) to make it SMS and/or voice based.
>
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