Rwanda: Construction Permit Payment Goes Mobile
Details Published on Tuesday, 13 May 2014 16:01 Published by
Linda Larbie Hits: 22
The cost of obtaining a construction permit could be reduced as the
City of Kigali rolls out a mobile payment system.
The new payment system will be accessible to the nearly four million
Rwandans registered on mobile money platforms and they will use the
service to pay and receive construction permits with a simple button
on their mobile cell phones.
The system, supported by MTN Rwanda, Airtel and Tigo Rwanda, would not
only reduce the cost and time of obtaining construction permits, but
also make it flexible, Lillian Mupende, the director-general of urban
planning and one-stop-centre at the City of Kigali, said during the
launch of the platform in Kigali yesterday.
The telecoms companies agreed to transact construction permit payments
on behalf of the City of Kigali, in a bid to promote efficiency and
further reduce the cost of doing business in the city.
Norman Munyampundu, the general manager of customer operations at MTN
Rwanda, said the new arrangement is in line with the company's
objective to offer Rwandans affordable and faster services.
"The partnership gives us an opportunity to keep enhancing safe,
faster and convenient services to Rwandans; it's now our priority to
educate our customers about it so that they can fully understand the
benefits embedded in it," Munyampundu said.
Rwanda ranked 85 out of 189 countries surveyed by World Bank doing
Business Report 2014 on the indicator of easy accessibility to
construction permits.
It costs about Rwf60,000 and 25 days to obtain a construction permit,
according one-stop-centre officials.
The new system is, however, not likely to reduce on the number of days
it takes to process the permit, nor the price, but officials say it
will significantly boost efficiency.
Daniel Barrintos, the head of investment management at Tigo Rwanda,
said the new deal is one of facilitating Rwanda toward achieving its
economic objectives.
"This is just the first step that we are excited about. The idea is to
continue giving Rwanda the first picture on the global scale so that
it can achieve its economic objectives," he said.
Brain Kirungi, the head of legal department at Airtel Rwanda, said the
idea is to create a cashless economy where every Rwandan can make
transactions in the most affordable and convenient way.
"We entered the partnership because we understand and appreciate the
need to support urbanisation," Kirungi said.
Public welcome move
Jean Damascene Rutagengwa, a real estate developer, said the
initiative will save him time and money.
"It's a great initiative because I am already connected and this will
save me a lot time I always spend making payments in the bank," he
said.
Donata Uwitonze, a consultant, said that the initiative could attract
more investors in the construction and real estate industry, thus
bridging the gap in the housing sector.
http://www.africabusinesscommunities.com/index.php/rss-abc-news/203694-rwanda-construction-permit-payment-goes-mobile
--
SIBOMANA Jean Bosco
Google+: https://plus.google.com/110493390983174363421/posts
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9B4024D0AE764F3D
http://www.youtube.com/user/sibomanaxyz999
***Online Time:15H30-20H30, heure de Montréal.***Fuseau horaire
domestique: heure normale de la côte Est des Etats-Unis et Canada
(GMT-05:00)***
| Reply via web post | • | Reply to sender | • | Reply to group | • | Start a New Topic | • | Messages in this topic (1) |
.To post a message: RwandaLibre@yahoogroups.com; .To join: RwandaLibre-subscribe@yahoogroups.com; .To unsubscribe from this group,send an email to:
RwandaLibre-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
_____________________________________________________
More news: http://www.amakurunamateka.com ; http://www.ikangurambaga.com ; http://rwandalibre.blogspot.co.uk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-SVP, considérer environnement avant toute impression de cet e-mail ou les pièces jointes.
======
-Please consider the environment before printing this email or any attachments.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sponsors:
http://www.rencontressansfrontieres.com
http://www.intimitesafricaines.com
http://www.foraha.net
-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-
Comments
Post a Comment