{"id":8551,"date":"2022-01-11T12:25:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T12:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/corporate-moves-gaga-joins-airtel-money-from-equity-bank"},"modified":"2022-01-11T13:11:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T13:11:02","slug":"corporate-moves-gaga-joins-airtel-money-from-equity-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/corporate-moves-gaga-joins-airtel-money-from-equity-bank","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Moves: Gaga joins Airtel Money from Equity Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Jean Claude Gaga has joined the telecom industry as the Managing Director for Airtel Money. He previously served as the Commercial Director at Equity Bank Rwanda where he oversaw product and service innovation among other tasks.<\/p>\n<p>Gaga also previously served as CEO of RSwitch, the national electronic payment processor which was delivering payment interoperability. Gaga has also worked at MTN Rwanda as a Channel Development Manager for Mobile Money as well as a Mobile Money Sales Manager.<\/p>\n<p>He holds a Master\u2019s Degree in Financial Services from the University of Salford in the UK. The development comes at a time when many would say MTN Rwanda has a head start in Mobile Money payment and fintech services considering that they have set up an independent subsidiary for Fin-tech as well as have a significant market share.<\/p>\n<p>However, Fin-tech has been billed as a significant opportunity in the finance sector due to its potential in driving up access to financial services especially for the unbanked market segment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\">Rwanda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Jean Claude Gaga has joined the telecom industry as the Managing Director for Airtel Money. He previously served as the Commercial Director at Equity Bank Rwanda where he oversaw product and service innovation among other tasks. 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