Workers at Real contractors Ltd receive their salaries in a very unique and environmentally friendly manner. Salaries are electronically wired to their mobile phones.
Once the transaction is successful, the recipient is notified by a text message on their mobile phone.
Kalinganire Viviens the Human Resource and Administration Manager at Real Contractors told IGIHE that over 1000 workers at different sites in the country receive their salaries through the MTN mobile money transfer system.
“For the past three months we have paid our casual workers by use of the mobile money transfer. We normally pay twice a month. The first installments are wired on every 15th of the month and later at the end of the month.”
Kalinganire told IGIHE that more than Frw24Million in cash is transferred to workers mobile phone accounts as salaries every month, “The method is quick and effective. We haven’t encountered any problems so far and our staffs are happy with this method.”
Real Contractors has partnered with MTN-Rwanda to make the sure that the whole Idea of effecting payments for Real Contractors salaries is realized without a hitch. MTN meets and sensitises Real Contractors workers at sites and offers them free SimCards and registration is done at the site.
Every Real Contractors site in the country is required to submit a list of workers at the site including their mobile phone numbers. The list is forwarded to the head office in Kigali.
Details for every staff are assessed before any transactions for their Salaries are effected to their mobile phones. The transactions are made at MTN Head Quarters thus more secure.
Real Contractors established a mobile money account with MTN where money is deposited. Before any transactions are made, Real contractors provide to MTN a genuine and current list of workers to be paid.
Later MTN effects transactions of different amounts to every mobile phone number on the list and recipients are notified by a short message asking them to visit a nearby MTN mobile money center and pick their salary.
Kalinganire explained that Real Contractors management had totally failed to pay casual workers on time located at all sites in the country.
“We accepted we had failed to effect payment of salaries on time to such a large number of workers until we came up with the mobile money transfer. It has actually worked without any challenges”.
However, Kalinganire said the mobile money transfer method is only considered for casual workers salaries. He said the method might be considered for other staff of the company.
Real contractors provide services including; Commercial construction services, Mechanical and Electrical engineering services and Real Estate development and management.
Kalinganire further calls upon Rwandans in the Diaspora to invest in Rwanda in the construction sector. “Rwanda is a virgin economy. The taxes citizens are paying are worth it and the investment policy is clear and favours investors”.
Real Contractors Ltd emerged winner of the RDB Business Excellence Award 2011 for the Construction and Real Estate Sector. The company emerged victorious in the pool of over eight firms that competed for the award.
Real Contractors Ltd has constructed the plush Kabuga Hillside Estates, Kagugu Villas, Nyarutarama Palm Village and Gacuriro Maisonettes amongst several other commercial construction projects.
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