Etta Michael Bisong | Mar 28, 2012 | 0 comments
West Africa’s oldest aviation company, Aero Contractors has introduced a mobile payment system on the Universal Message Object (U-MO) platform.
U-MO is a mobile money service that enables users to make and receive payments, and conduct other financial transactions on their mobile phones.
Users of the device can pay their Aero flight tickets via their mobile phones.
According to Aero MD Akin George, “This new service is going to revolutionise how people purchase their airline tickets and what they expect from their airline.”
The new payment option aims to increase operational efficiency, save money for the airline and ultimately decongest the airline’s reservation offices.
Experts are worried that the new technology may suffer some set-back due to some inconsistencies such as poor quality service by operators and the gap in internet awareness among users in the country.
“My mother cannot use the internet, so if I want to send money to her, I have to do that through someone who can assess the internet, said Mrs. Love Olalade, a consultant in mobile money banking during an interview in Abuja.
Olalade cautioned over users’ability to protect their security pin amidst cybercrime among others. If we can tackle all of these factors, “Mobile money transaction is a welcome development, she said
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