Boda boda operators urged to use ViuPay cashless payment

ViuPay and Directline Assurance have teamed up in an activation exercise to encourage boda boda riders in the country to use ViuPay cashless till numbers.

The recruitment drive, which is also in partnership with the Boda boda Safety Association of Kenya (BAK), saw over one thousand boda boda stage managers from Nairobi and its environs register to use the service.

Ecstatic boda boda riders gathered Nairobi’s Goan Grounds in Pangani on Friday, to witness the system which is set to revolutionise and streamline the sector.

ViuPay Cashless is a payment solution system which provides the mass market with means to make payments, top up their e-wallet and withdraw funds from agency networks spread across the country.

“The riders have signed up for till numbers and we are also taking them through consumer education. They are from Nairobi and its metropolitan and that is how we were able to gather them so they can disseminate this information and create consumer education to their passengers and various stakeholders in the industry,” Winnie Wangoru, CEO, ViuPay said at the launch event.

Lipa Fare na ViuPay Cashless enables boda boda riders to get paid via ViuPay cashless till numbers registered under their name.

Customers can pay to the ViuPay cashless till number by using money on their e-wallet or from M-Pesa.

Boda boda and crew that use ViuPay every day or have a gross turnover of Ksh.5,000 a month, will get BinafsiBima offered by Directline Assurance.

The insurance scheme includes a Ksh.20,000 hospital cashback for accident related hospital bills, Ksh.100,000 for permanent disability cover, and a Ksh.100,000 last expense cover.

“We are enabling boda boda operators to consume insurance products on their way as they do their business without coming to the office. Once they receive payments from customers at some level they will qualify for an insurance cover from Directline,” said Chris Katiwa, Head of Sales, Directline Assurance.

“When you use ViuPay you will get an insurance cover, most of our members don’t have insurance. They will also get commissions based on their transactions on the platform. We want to ensure our members are financially stable, they can expand our sources of income,” Kevin Mubadi, National Executive Chair, BAK added.

Users will just have to dial *236# and follow the simple instructions in using the system, which is gaining traction all over the country.