MobileMoney Limited (MoMo Ltd) has celebrated 22 high-performing partners across Ghana’s fintech ecosystem at its 2025 FinTech Stakeholders’ Dinner & Awards held in Accra. The event brought together key players, including officials from the Bank of Ghana, partner banks, technology firms, regulators, and fintech innovators, to recognise excellence, collaboration, and innovation in the country’s growing digital financial services sector.
In his keynote address, Chief Executive Officer of MoMo Ltd, Mr Shaibu Haruna, praised partners whose efforts have strengthened Ghana’s fintech landscape over the years. He highlighted the evolution of MoMo from a simple platform for airtime purchases and basic transfers into a robust digital ecosystem offering payments, savings, credit, pensions, and investment solutions to millions of Ghanaians nationwide.
Mr Haruna acknowledged partner banks for ensuring liquidity and seamless transaction flows, technology companies for providing the infrastructure behind over 20 billion daily transactions, fintech firms for delivering innovative customer-centric solutions, and agents and merchants for linking the physical and digital economies. He said the collective effort of these partners has been critical in advancing financial inclusion and digital transformation.
The MoMo CEO also emphasised the importance of an enabling regulatory and policy environment in shaping Ghana’s next phase of digital finance. He cited initiatives such as digital lending regulations, virtual assets guidelines, open banking frameworks, the proposed fintech growth fund, and the government’s rollout of AI-powered trade analytics systems. According to him, these measures will enhance transparency, encourage innovation, and strengthen the fintech ecosystem.
A highlight of the evening was the presentation of 22 awards across multiple categories. Patrick Penrich Venture won Overall Best Agent of the Year, while Ayewamu was named Overall Best Merchant. First Atlantic Bank emerged as Overall Best Partner Bank of the Year, and Hubtel received Overall Best Fintech Partner of the Year – Collections. The Bank of Ghana was recognised as FinTech Enabler and Regulator of the Year, and Kumasi Continental Supermarket Limited took the FMCG Distributor of the Year award.
Other awardees included Blue Penguin, which won Fintech Partner of the Year – Payments; Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), recognised as State-Owned Enterprise Partner of the Year; IT Consortium, awarded Fintech Partner of the Year – Government; CAMFED, honoured as Developmental Partner of the Year; Nestlé, which received FMCG Partner of the Year; KGL Technologies, named Corporate Partner of the Year; Comviva, recognised as Technology Partner of the Year; Letshego, awarded FSP Partner of the Year – Lending; and Jumo, which won Fintech Partner of the Year – Lending and Most Innovative FinTech Partner.
Onafriq via PAPPS was honoured as Remittance Partner of the Year, while its Cross-Border Payment solution received Product of the Year recognition. Legal support awards went to Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah, named Legal Partner of the Year. Media awards recognised the Business & Financial Times as Media Partner of the Year (Print), Joy FM/Joy News as Media Partner of the Year (Radio/TV), and NewsGhana.com as Media Partner of the Year (Online).
Mr Haruna stated that the awards were not just about recognition but also aimed to inspire the development of stronger, more impactful solutions for Ghanaians. “We are open for business, and we are counting on your brilliant ideas to stimulate industry growth,” he said, reiterating MoMo Ltd’s commitment to an open-platform strategy that encourages collaboration and innovation across the fintech ecosystem.
The 2025 FinTech Stakeholders’ Dinner & Awards further underlined MoMo Ltd’s role as a leading player in Ghana’s digital finance sector, fostering partnerships that promote financial inclusion, technological innovation, and economic growth.
