Splash Mobile Money Limited (”Splash”) and MoreMagic announced today the availability of Sierra Leone’s first mobile money transfer system. Splash customers in Sierra Leone can now send money using just the mobile phone easily and without any requirement to have a bank account.

Splash customers use the service by visiting a Splash agent location, including branches of GT Bank. Customers transfer money by completing a free registration, purchasing SplashCash(TM) and sending it by text to any Zain or Africell mobile phone. The recipient then exchanges the SplashCash for cash at any agent location. Agents are currently concentrated in Freetown, Bo, and Makeni, with many more locations due to open throughout Sierra Leone before the end of the year.