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How can a channel partner in your industry disrupt the regional market and gain a leading competitive position ?
Channel partners can develop customised payment solutions tailored to the needs of specific customer segments , such as small businesses or underbanked populations . They can also leverage data analytics to provide insights that help customers optimise their payment processes and reduce costs . Additionally , channel partners can focus on delivering exceptional customer experiences by providing personalised support and guidance .
Which non-competitive business in the region do you admire for innovative usage of technology ?
Mastercard is supporting organisations such as M-KOPA , a pay-as-you-go solar energy provider in East Africa that uses mobile payments to expand access to clean energy to underserved communities , and Kiva , a non-profit crowdfunding platform that enables individuals to lend small amounts of money to entrepreneurs and small businesses in developing countries .
Which aspects of your job role do you find rewarding and which challenging ?
Creating and enriching customers value propositions to meet the ever-growing expectations of the final consumer is what
Bossman personally finds rewarding , especially when delivered on time , within cost and to customers specifications . The process of identifying the right teams both internally and externally , managing projects and challenging each team to get the best outcome for customers is what he finds most challenging and also very exciting at the same time .
How do you best like to destress and re-charge off work ?
Bossman always looks forward to time with the family and does make good use of the time he gets to spend with them as a way of creating memories together as a family . He also makes time to meet and interact with different people as a way of expending his network whilst learning new and exciting things . He loves football and movies and makes effort to watch them to re-charge .
How do you think time-off will transform in the metaverse and in the digital world , say in the next 5 – 10 years ?
As a payment technology company , it is possible that Mastercard may explore the use of digital currencies and blockchain technology to facilitate payments and transactions within the metaverse and digital world . As for how time-off will transform , it is difficult to say as it largely depends on how the metaverse and digital world evolve and are adopted by society in the next 5 – 10 years . � www . intelligentfin . tech
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