MTN Group has granted third parties access to its Mobile Money Access Programming Interface (API) platform.

The open API enables developers and programmers to innovate on the platform and develop products and other solutions that will create a wider range of digital financial offerings for MTN’s customers.

MTN is inviting developers and entrepreneurs, across five countries, to participate in the MoMo API Hackathon to further foster innovation and enhance financial inclusion.

The Hackathon, run in partnership with Ericsson (MTN’s MoMo technology partner), will give app developers based in Ghana, Uganda, Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon and Zambia the opportunity to create innovative financial and transactional applications using the MTN MoMo API platform.

Finalists stand the chance to win up to USD 2,500, and one team member will win a trip to Ericsson’s Innovation Lab in Sweden.

Source: telecompaper.com