By Paul Ikuforiji

No fewer than 1500 Nigerians across Imo, Benue, Niger and Kogi states gathered recently as Globacom announced intentions to recruit agents for its mobile money platform, Glo Xchange. The prospective agents were exposed to the benefits of the partnership and in turn they encouraged other business men and women to avail themselves of the prospects from their partnerships with Glo.

The agents also joined their fellow countrymen in other parts of the country to enumerate the benefits of the mobile money super agent network saying that it is a veritable way of growing small and medium scale businesses in Nigeria.

About 1,500 potential agents gathered in Owerri, Markurdi, Minna, Jos and Lokoja to receive orientation and information on the technical details of the Glo Xchange Network.  They included Glo trade partners, sub-dealers, retailers, pharmacists, entrepreneurs, supermarket operators, salon operators, photographers, fast-food operators, Commercial Telephone Operators and other Small and Medium Scale business operators.

To deepen the penetration of Glo Xchange in the country, the company is partnering some key players in the financial institutions including First Monie, Ecobank, StanbicIBTC Bank and Zenith Bank.  The company said that more banks would join the partnership in line with the Central Bank of Nigeria regulations.

At the programme, Glo mobile money experts gave orientation to the attendees as they were eager to know more about mobile money and how to operate the Glo Xchange network business.  They also gave the participants the opportunity to ask questions for further clarifications, after which they signed up as Glo Xchange Agents.