Amidst the raging Covid-19 pandemic and the increased need for safe payment alternatives, logistics company, Marula Ventures, has released the Ohwo App to help further reduce the risk of physical contact and make payments more manageable.

Ohwo App is a fast, secure and straightforward way of making and receiving payments instantly by scanning a QR code from the sellers’ phone or device using an android or IOS phone.

Speaking at the launch on Tuesday, Toyin Adebola, Head of Business Development, Marula Ventures, disclosed that creating an app that would promote safe and straightforward payment was the driving force behind Ohwo. Highlighting other features of the App, Adebola said it’s easy and fast to download and install.

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Ohwo, he added, “is a huge step up from your regular POS. It is the premier contactless digital POS that takes away the need for extra hardware (POS machine, ATM cards, etc.). All you need to enjoy seamless transactions is Ohwo on your phone. “Retailers using the ‘Ohwo Seller App’ would not have to go through the tedious process of auditing their books, queueing tiringly for a large device etc. The Ohwo accurate bookkeeping/ auditing function automatically audits business transactions. It is your efficient unpaid accountant.”

Adebola further noted that sellers and buyers using the App could easily track their transactions, sales and purchases with ease from within the App.

He said it is easy to download by typing in the transaction value, generating QR code, scanning the code and receiving payment, has no heavy charges.

“Ohwo makes everyday transactions as simple and reliable as possible. In addition to this, you will experience no more heavy POS charges and no more card loss.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.

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