O-CITY’s M-Pesa-based ticketing solution announced its drive for contactless payments across bus services in Nairobi, Kenya to further reduce cash usage in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
It was launched in partnership with NikoDigi, transport savings, and credit specialists, and Tracom, a Kenyan payments firm.
The platform also drives for transparent fare settlement between bus owners, drivers, and other transport operators that lease out buses to drivers in return for a daily return target before drivers earn their personal.
Pilot plans include educational campaigns to get bus service operators involved in the initiative and enlightening bus passengers at strategic bus locations on the benefits of the service and the ease of cashless payment available to passengers.
O-CITY is an innovative, automated fare collection solution designed by BPC, a leading banking and payment firm with an excess of 280 clients across more than 90 countries; and is adopted by more than 100 cities worldwide.