Roles and Responsibilities

The MoMo-Lightway Finance Project brought together a cross-functional team with clearly defined roles to ensure smooth execution from planning to go-live.

1. PMO Lead - Demi

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Provide overall project governance and ensure alignment with business objectives.

  • Define scope, timelines, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders.

  • Monitor progress against milestones and manage risks, issues, and dependencies.

  • Facilitate cross-team communication between business units, technical teams, and external partners.

  • Ensure compliance with PMO standards and reporting requirements.

2. Technical Lead - Taofeeq

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Lead technical architecture, development, and deployment of the platform.

  • Oversee API configuration and integration with MTN MoMo services.

  • Direct development of core modules, including authentication, wallet validation, fund transfer, and transaction monitoring.

  • Ensure system security, scalability, and performance standards are met.

  • Work closely with QA teams on platform testing and user acceptance testing.

  • Provide post-deployment technical support and guide future technical enhancements.

3. Partner Lead - Lightway

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate customer experience and internal transaction testing on the platform.

  • Lead the development of customized admin portals for MTN monitoring teams.

  • Ensure that platform configurations align with partner operational workflow.

  • Provide feedback to the technical team for improvements and optimization.

4. Security & Integration Support - SCE

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Manage transaction monitoring and logging frameworks.

  • Support the design of secure integration points for external systems.

  • Provide recommendations for fraud prevention and compliance monitoring.

  • Assist with audit readiness and security control validation.

5. Project Stakeholders - All

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Participate in testing and validation of transactions with MTN

  • Provide feedback during UAT and early production stages.

  • Contribute to decision making during critical project checkpoints.

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