Just a day after Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia launched a universal quick response code (QR Code) payment system citing it as the first of its kind in Africa, NDC national communications officer, Sammy Gyamfi has debunked it with evidence stating it’s not the first time Ghana is experiencing such thing.
Speaking at the launch, Dr. Bawumia stated, “Today is a historic day because we are solving a major problem here in Ghana. It is also historic because Ghana will be the first country in Africa to launch a Quick Response (QR) code payment system.”
“Not only are we the first country in Africa, but we are also, as far as I am aware, the third country in the world to launch a Quick Response Code after Singapore and India.”
In reaction on Good Evening Ghana, Sammy Gyamfi noted that Ecobank was the first to launch a QR code payment system.
“This QR Code payment system that we are talking about was introduced by Ecobank and implemented in 2016/2017 so it not a new thing,” he said.
Among the evidence provided by Sammy Gyamfi is a story 2017 by BusinessGhana which revealed that, “Ecobank Ghana launched a Masterpass QR, a smart merchant solution that accepts payments for goods and services from the mobile phone, providing micro, small and medium enterprises the opportunity to move from cash to digital payments.”
Source: GhanaFeed.com
