Orange Money Burkina Faso has successfully upgraded its mobile money platform to Comviva’s next-generation mobiquity Pay solution, marking a significant advancement in the company’s digital payment capabilities. The upgrade represents a major step forward for mobile financial services in West Africa, where mobile money adoption has seen substantial growth over the past decade.
The upgraded platform features an open architecture and API-first approach, enabling better scalability and integration within the broader digital ecosystem. New security measures include robust authentication and authorization modules, along with advanced session management capabilities to enhance fraud prevention. These improvements meet emerging standards for digital payment protection in mobile financial services.
“Orange Money is one of our key growth drivers, contributing significantly to economic and social development in Burkina Faso,” said Christophe Baziemo, CEO of Orange Money Burkina Faso. “We are particularly impressed by Mobiquity Pay’s microservices architecture, open design, and API-first philosophy, which will enable us to significantly expand the Orange Money ecosystem in the region.”
The implementation represents the first upgrade of this scale in the region, building on Orange Money’s established presence in Burkina Faso’s mobile financial services market. The platform’s enhanced capabilities will support a broader range of digital payment services, from peer-to-peer transfers to merchant payments and bill settlement.
“This upgrade paves the way for transformative advancements in digital payments,” said Rajesh Chandiramani, CEO of Comviva. “The extensibility, configurability, and low-code features of mobiquity Pay will enable them to launch new services at an accelerated pace.”
The cloud-native solution provides a comprehensive suite for digital money, wallets, and payments, using containerized architecture for enhanced reliability and scalability. Its modular design facilitates faster deployment of new services while maintaining security and user experience. The platform operates on a true-fixed cost model, supported by a bilingual talent pool with domain expertise in mobile financial services.
Comviva has maintained a decade-long partnership with Orange, managing both the design and technical operations of their platform. The latest collaboration strengthens their established relationship in the region’s mobile money sector, where Orange Money has played a crucial role in advancing financial inclusion through digital services.
Sources: FF News, Devdiscourse, Financial IT
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