ZOTO, a product of Hedonmark Management Services Limited and Nigeria’s fastest mobile payment app under its charity initiative Zoto Smiles has collaborated with Eagles HOPE Foundation, an NGO, to extend financial support and rehabilitation to flood-affected people in Benue state.

As a start-up in Nigeria, Zoto, which believes that any challenge can be met if you have innovation in your DNA, in that spirit it has, via its initiative Zoto Smiles, announced that it would contribute N10 every time Zoto app is used to recharge or pay bills. By funding the relief efforts of local NGOs, donations to the fund have the potential to build stronger response capacity so that these NGOs are better equipped to face future challenges.

While announcing the new initiative, Oshone Ikazoboh, co-founder, Zoto said, “It is a difficult time for the flood affected people as more than 110,000 people in 24 communities including Makurdi, the state capital, had been displaced by the floods. With our initiative Zoto Smiles, we’ve made our donation process a community effort where every person gets chance to contribute towards community building by a simple recharge or bill payments made via Zoto App. We are liasoning with our NGO partner to ensure quick supply of relief material. We offer condolences to the families who lost their loved ones and pray that the situation normalises soon.”

Money is the quickest, most effective contribution most people can make during times of disaster. Zoto believes that people and communities are intrinsically good and generous and want to come forward and help in the rehabilitation of victims of natural disasters, but they are held back due to the lack of proper avenues.

– Oct 16, 2017 @ 12:09 GMT