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Ecobankmobile\u00a0*326# has announced its partnership with the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) 2019 slated for Lagos Nigeria from 20th<\/sup>\u00a0through 23rd<\/sup>, November.<\/p>\n

AFRIMA, Africa\u2019s most glamorous music event, is an annual celebration of African talents from all regions of the continent.<\/p>\n

The Lagos Awards which is the 6th edition has as its theme: \u201cFeel Africa\u201d.<\/p>\n

Announcing the partnership in Lagos, Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan said it is one of the several initiatives by the Pan African Bank to boost tourism, culture and the entertainment industry in Africa. He said it is also in line with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)\u2019s initiative for banks to support the growth of the creative industry in the county.<\/p>\n

According to Mr. Akinwuntan, Ecobankmobile *326#\u00a0 is pleased to support the growth of the creative and music industry which is a key driver of Africas history and rich culture and most significantly youth engagement and empowerment. \u00a0\u201cAs the Pan-African bank, Ecobank is proud to partner with Africa\u2019s most renowned music awards, which is a symbol of our support to building the family and lifestyle of Africans. Ecobankmobile *326# is joining AFRIMA to ensure that\u00a0 the Lagos show is a success.\u201c He stated.<\/p>

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Further, Mr. Akinwuntan said Ecobankmobile *326#, Ecobankpay, Ecobankmobile App, Ecobankxpress Account are bringing easy, affordable and convenient financial services to the youth, entrepreneurs and businesses, both local and foreign which are expected at the events.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur products interact with the lifestyle of Africans.\u00a0 Ecobankmobile *326# makes it easy to open an instant account, make transfers, pay Bill’s and buy airtime.\u00a0 \u00a0Our integrated Ecobankmobile App\u00a0works seamlessly across all 33 countries where Ecobank operates in Africa; also, the EcobankPay offers customers a multi-channel payment experience that includes Mobile QR payment at merchant stores.\u00a0<\/b>The channel has a distinct advantage of supporting the three main payment schemes, Masterpass, mVisa and mCash thereby broadening acceptability regardless of which bank a client makes payment from.\u00a0 Merchant QR is set up via Facebook Messenger as well as USSD payment for feature phone users.<\/p>\n

Also speaking, President and Executive Producer, AFRIMA, Mr. Mike Dada said \u201cThe AFRIMA-Ecobank partnership for the 6th All Africa Music Awards brings together deep skills in financial and culture industries strategy, product ideation, technology development and deployment and organizational change management to help support African communities for successful socio-economic transformations.<\/p>\n

The statistics for AFRIMA events engagement in past editions are staggering \u2013237,500 creative works submitted for awards consideration in the last six years; 84 media partners across Africa and beyond; 11.6million social media engagement on AFRIMA and 43.1million hits on AFRIMA website annually where voting for the awards occurs. \u201cThe sheer size of data we collate is amazing. It takes only a true visionary organisation to see the opportunities for greater market leveraging to generate industry leading products, solutions and technology platforms to drive far more business impact for their clients.\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

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