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RwandaOnline partners with MobiCash for e-Govt services
RwandaOnline Platform Ltd., pioneer of Irembo an online portal aimed at bringing government services closer to citizens and businesses has partnered with electronic payment gateway, MobiCash Rwanda to enable people access to government services more conveniently.
Through the partnership, services enlisted under the Irembo web portal will be accessible through over 900 MobiCash agents located countrywide, which include the Sector Credit and Savings Cooperatives (Umurenge SACCOs).
Speaking after signing the agreement at the RwandaOnline Platform Ltd offices in Nyarutarama, Kigali yesterday, Clement Uwajeneza, the Chief Executive Officer of RwandaOnline said “the partnership is a step forward in making Government services on Irembo more accessible especially to users in rural areas. We want to take advantage of MobiCash’s rural outreach through the SACCOs to enable people to apply, pay and get the services they want from Irembo much more conveniently. By providing people with a much more user-friendly approach, they will be able to embrace the use of technology faster,” he noted during the press conference.
Pascal Nyagahene, the Chief Executive Officer of MobiCash Rwanda, said: “Our over 3 million customers who use MobiCash will welcome the convenience to make e-Government services available to them while saving an incredible amount of time”.
Once the citizen successfully applies for an e-Government service from the Irembo portal (www.irembo.gov.rw) they will receive a billing ID which they will use to process payment.
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