The picture says it all!
Bigkoko Gift Cards & Marketplace now fully operational in Rwanda!
Users & Vendors delight! Used by smart people, Accepted by Vendors! in Rwanda!
How to use Bigkoko Gift Cards!
Very simple.
1. Buy Gift cards of any amount, then go to: CLICK ON OUR WEBSITE
2. Click on Marketplace, surf through the merchandise, select & add to cart your desired products.
3. Check out with your gift cards!
Probably you didn't see what you want on the Marketplace? No worries! Still on the Marketplace,
1. Click on Quick Pick.
2. Fill out the form with what you need, including locations you want us to buy it from & Submit.
Moments later, what you need is delivered straight to you! pay with Bigkoko Gift Cards!
Buy Gift Cards here: CLICK ON OUR WEBSITE
Use Gift Cards here: CLICK ON OUR WEBSITE
Brought to you Bigkoko Group Inc. a Kigali based Business & Financial Technology Company. All Rights Reserved. (c) 2023

SAY CHEESE!!!
Worried about where to use your Bigkoko Gift Cards?
Worry no more. Bigkoko Gift Cards is accepted on Bigkoko Marketplace and among Vendors across Rwanda & 20+ African Countries!
Have a Gift Card? Want to use it? Redeem on our website & vendors in your city!

Go ask for it! Buy it! Share it. Gift it. Use it! Bigkoko Gift Cards.....premium gift cards from your Local Tech Company!

Welcome the Pan African Gift Card Voucher; Bigkoko Gift Cards!!!!
 Bigkoko Gift Card……. The Pan African Prepaid Gift Card vouchers. Accepted by vendors in Rwanda & 20+ African Countries! Wow the moments with loved ones when you share love in form of gifts!

Major features:
Buy online or in-store, Instant activation, Check balance, Easy checkout on affiliated shops & marketplaces, Instant top up, Convenient redemption, Quick shares with friends & families! All available online

USSD codes [*662*800*1224#] coming soon next month for Rwandan market!

Wow your love ones with the first and ONLY Pan Prepaid African Gift Card Voucher.... BIGKOKO GIFT CARDS!!!
Accepted by vendors in Rwanda & 20+ African Countries. Wont you rather send gift cards in lieu of cash?

Major features:
Buy online or in-store, Instant activation, Check balance, Easy checkout on affiliated shops & marketplaces, Instant top up, Convenient redemption, Quick shares with friends & families! All available online

USSD codes [*662*800*1224#] coming soon next month for Rwandan market!

Are you worried about depreciating Local Currencies against the USD? Worry no more Bigkoko have designed the perfect solution to ease the pressure on your local currency!

Buy Local, Use Local, Patronize Bigkoko ~ Your Local Tech Company!
For cross border trading, buy & use Bigkoko Gift Cards, your Pan African Gift Cards to pay vendors!
Accepted by Vendors in Rwanda & 20+ African Countries!
Brought to you by Bigkoko Group Inc. a Kigali based Business & Financial Technology LLC. (c)2023. All Rights Reserved.

Use Bigkoko Gift Cards to pay for your Quick Pick Orders.
Accepted in Rwanda & other Countries where we operate.
Simple, easy & convenient to use.

All hail the Pan African Gift Cards ~ Bigkoko Gift Cards!!!

Meet our Early Stage Tech Founder & Chairman Bigkoko Group Inc. offering Business & Financial Technology Services.

As the economy nose dive amid uncertainties couple with skyrocketing living expenses, its best to cut down on needless spending. We are here to help you.

Need someone to pick up stuffs for you up town? Or perhaps you want us to do errands, or to do your shopping?

Send us anywhere within your city? Zero service fee for the errands. Only pay for delivery calculated at 100RWF per Kilometer!

Use the Quick Pick icon on Bigkoko Marketplace to place your Order & Pay on delivery! Bigkoko Pan African Gift Cards Accepted for payment!

Book on our website!

Sending money between African Countries is now as easy as eating Amala and gbegiri soup.

Use Bigkoko Gift Cards ~ Your Pan African Gift Cards!

East Africa & Nigeria covered!
Nigeria
Rwanda.
Uganda.
Kenya.
Tanzania.
Burundi.
DRC Congo

East and West Africa may be on the same continent, just five hours flight from each other, and with complementary economies that would make it natural enough for a high level of interaction. But, in reality, they are virtually cut off from one another.

With a combined population of two-fifths of a billion, and well-matched roads in africa resources, East and West Africa have some of the lowest trade between them of any regions in the world, according to a UN report, with just one carrier running costly and often half-empty flights between the regions, no road route, and negligible traffic between the two continental hubs.

To fly to West Africa from East Africa costs twice or thrice as much as flying from Africa to Europe, including to London, which is eight and half hours away. As an example, flying to Dakar on economy and business costs $1,281 and $4,076 on Kenya Airways and is possible on three flights a week. Yet a return ticket to London, with many departures a day, costs from $668 on Virgin Atlantic. Yet Kenya Airways, which operates around five flights a week to West Africa, remains the only carrier covering the route with direct flights, and often the flights, which together could transport only around 1,000 to 2,000 people a week, are not full.

Communication is not better. Telephone charges between African countries can be 50 to 100 times higher than within Northern America, according to a World Bank report, acting as a hindrance to even basic conversation. Moreover, the weak air links are compounded by the absence of any direct links by road, rail or sea. The road network is anyway a big challenge inside the two regions, let alone between them. A recent study by West Africa Trade Hub (WATH), an Accra-based institution, showed that the cost of transporting a container by road from Accra to Lagos, costs three times as much as transporting the same container from the United Kingdom to Lagos. Added to that, Dr Joshua Kivuva, a lecturer in the department of political science, University of Nairobi, says relations between East and West Africa have been historically limited. “Different languages could also be attributed to the minimum contact between the two regions,” he adds.

mombasa portA UN Economic Commission report showed trade among African countries accounts for about 10 per cent of their total external trade, the lowest in any world region, while trade with Europe accounts for approximately 40 per cent of exports. Regional economic communities have facilitated trade and investment between African countries by reducing trade barriers, bringing tangible benefits in employment and incomes. And the low trade levels between East and West Africa is replicated across other African regions. Because of hindrances to trade within Africa, exports from Tunisia and Cameroon often find their way to French warehouses before being redirected to each other’s market.

Yet while both East and West Africa’s economic drivers are agriculture, oil and mineral resources, these are more scarce in East Africa than in West and could be a source of vibrant trade between the two territories. Likewise, East Africa is moving at a different pace than the West as knowledge economies. Figures from the Export Promotion Council show low levels of trade between East Africa and West Africa, compared to East Africa and other parts of the continent. In 2009, Kenya imported goods worth Sh9.6 billion from Egypt, while it exported Sh12 billion worth of goods to the North African nation.

In comparison, Kenya bought products worth Sh109 million from Nigeria, and exported Sh1.2 billion of mainly agricultural products to the country. The fact that Kenya and Egypt belong to the Comesa trading block has significantly contributed to the high volume of trade between the two countries. With 19 member states and a combined population of 430 million people, COMESA’s annual export bill of US$ 157 billion makes it one of the giant regional trade bodies in Africa.
Meanwhile, 26 countries in northern, east, and southern Africa, are on africa economycourse to forming one free trading block as was agreed in the first summit held in Uganda in 2007. The member countries of the three regional trading blocs — EAC, Comesa and SADC — are currently harmonising rules of engagement, ahead of the 2012 deadline when the trade area is to start operating. “This is aimed at deepening trade between these countries. Formation of the free trade area is also in line with AU’s (Africa Union) vision of having an African economic community,” says Richard Sindiga, head of Comesa desk in the Ministry of Trade.

With West Africa effectively outside this new bloc, and hard to reach from the rest of Africa by road, rail, air and phone, East and West additionally remain largely offline on the world wide web. In Sub Saharan Africa, Internet penetration is below seven per cent, while in Northern Africa its approximately 32 per cent as per recently releases AEO figures. This disparity continues to present a real obstacle in information sharing and referencing between African countries, meaning that, for instance, when epidemics occur, tolls are higher than in Western countries. And there remains a huge disparity between those in the population that can access information and those that can’t.

On the East/West axis, the number of Nigerian Internet users is now over eight million, compared with Kenya’s three million users. Yet the West African numbers are low per population, as Nigeria has nearly 150 million people, while Kenya has some 40 million people. For now, the world may be a global village, but East and West Africa are barely even talking to each other.
~Culled.

Every damn day that passes, all i think is how to upset major players in the Mobile money industry with our Gift Card program.

These behemoths who have both financial & political muscle can be given a serious run for their money via a healthy competition.

We have successfully linked Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya & Nigeria through our Pan African Gift CARDS. With in-country managers available in each of these country, you can now buy and use Bigkoko Gift Cards to pay vendors in any of these countries.

Buy Bigkoko Gift Cards online from anywhere in the world, and use it in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda & Nigeria.
Try it once and tell us how you feel!

Bigkoko Gift Cards, your Pan African Gift Card!

Brought to you by Bigkoko Group Inc. ~ your Local Tech Company!

One sure way to use the Bigkoko Gift Cards in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda & Rwanda is through the Bigkoko Marketplace via the Quick Pick portal.
Use Bigkoko Quick Pick Portal to place Order for any item or service you need in Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya & Nigeria & pay with your Bigkoko Gift Cards!

Fast, Reliable & Convenient option for Smart people!

Welcome to the season of gifts!
Buy a gift card in minutes and get a GC code that won't disappoint you. Accepted vendors in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya & Nigeria.
> Swift redemption.
> Redeem online, in-store or via USSD code
> No network failure.
> No paper work.
> Personal Gifting services.

Need more info? Contact us:
+25790927282. +256777257838.
Buy here: https://gifts.bigkokogroup.com

Bigkoko Gift Card~ your Pan African Gift Card!!!!

State of Affair at Bigkoko Group Inc.

When i started Bigkoko in 2021, i aimed to make Business & Financial Technology available for everyone, especially the unserved in Africa, with a special focus to make international Gift transfers fair, swift & cheap for Africans. With the support of my meagre savings, a brother who also funds my efforts sometimes; he is here on Naira land and a team in two continents, i embark on this journey. Today, we have made huge strides in securing regulatory approvals, building our products, and laying the groundwork for future growth. Today, i can boldly tell you we are the first homegrown Gift Card Company with a USSD code (*662*800*122#) solely for Gift Cards in Africa.

“However, due to a tough business climate, we failed to expand to USA & China as earlier planned for 2023. Despite this set back, we successfully extended a branch to Stockholm Sweden, which would serve as our eye in the Euro Zone and also foster quicker technology acquisition. The expansion to USA is now planned for second quarter of 2024, God willing!

Massive thanks to my brilliant support team, our customers who stuck with us since 2021, our friends, and partners who bought into our vision. Your belief in us kept us going.

Sure, it stings. But we’re walking the plan with our heads high, mind sane, proud of what we built and the lessons learned. We’re all about making business & financial services fair and accessible for all. We are so grateful to have, and continue to shared this experience with you.

Established in 2021 by a Nigerian innovator—Emmanuel Emeka (CEO), —Bigkoko is an end to end Gift Card transfer marketplace designed to reduce the expenses associated with gift remittance payments to & within Sub-Saharan Africa. Bigkoko is positioned as the first cross-border Gift Card marketplace, that enables users to buy, send and redeem gift cards online, in-store or via USSD codes. This service is available in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya & Nigeria, and projected to extend its reach to 20+ African countries in 2024.

Between January-March 2024, the startup plans to raise up to $500,000 from private investors to enhance its cross-border gift card services and improve the first Pan African gift card platform without bias on a global scale.

Thanks you all. Long live Africa! God bless Bigkoko!

One thing I found out is that we Africans prefer making payments via USSD because of its efficiency and straightforwardness. Other channels such as apps and QR codes are also important but sometimes creates friction due to lack of good internet connectivity and smartphone access.

Also, majority of urban and sub Urban dwellers are not served or linked to the formal markets.
This is one of the reasons we have enabled USSD platforms as part of our long term Plan of connecting African Countries in a gigantic marketplace for end to end Gift transfers!

Use Bigkoko Pan African Gift card code of *662*800*122# (Available Rwanda).
Use this link to buy Gift Cards: https://gifts.bigkokogroup.com

Bigkoko ~ Your Local Tech Company!

Yikeesss!!! As more vendors troop to join our continental gift cards initiative, we are glad they have agreed to accepts Bigkoko Gift Cards in the stores!
Shop across Africa with Bigkoko Pan African Gift Cards! The first, the best and the smartest!

Let's welcome ONE MENU LTD with merchant ID 46573. Patronize them for mouth watering continental & local cuisine, hospitality services, tourism, transportation and partnerships.

You can purchase goods & services from One Menu Ltd and pay them on their Merchant ID 46573. Convenient, swift service awaits you!

Discover Africa with Bigkoko ~ your Local Tech Company!

Bigkoko makes it so easy to gift friends, families, clients & employees CASH OR GOODS!

It becomes difficult to have to manage gifts to 3rd parties. You have to go to a store and buy gifts on a regular basis, at times you are at lost what to gift your recipient.

With Bigkoko it’s now so easy. All you gat to do is buy & share Bigkoko Gift Cards online to recipients. The selection of gift cards is huge. You can not get it wrong with Bigoko. No more guessing what the person might want. You can also make it open or shop specific, tied to any vendor of your choice in 20+ plus African cities. With more than 100 vendors accepting our gift cards, you simply gat a world of possibilities before you with Bigkoko Pan African Gift Cards!

Our Gift Card API makes it easy for us or 3rd party vendors to automate gift card purchase, issuance, confirmation, redemption & more!
Gift Cards > Redeemed online or via USSD. 40+ types to choose from. 100+ vendors in 20+ African cities. More than 1000+ gift cards processed since 2023.

Bigkoko ~ Making life easier for everyone!
Start gifting here: https://gifts.bigkokogroup.com

Ask for your banner displaying your Merchant ID.
Merchant ID is the five digit code you receive when you register as a vendor with us. Through the Merchant ID vendors can receive their payment from Bigkoko Gift Cards and can login to their Dashboard and make withdrawal to their bank accounts!

Register *Free* as a merchant here: https://gifts.bigkokogroup.com/Merchant

Our Gift Card API and USSD makes it easy for us or 3rd party vendors to automate gift card purchase, issuance, confirmation, redemption & more!

Gift Cards > Redeemed online, In-store or via USSD. 40+ types to choose from. 100+ vendors in 20+ African cities accepting Bigkoko Gift Cards. More than 1000+ gift cards processed since 2023.

Bigkoko ~ Making life easier for everyone! Start gifting Now!

Shop with Confidence around Africa!

You can't go wrong with this one. Perfect for you, friends and families!
Our Traveler gift vouchers are custom made, shop specific cards that are valid & applicable to selected vendors in 20+ African cities. Enjoy up to 20% discount when you use Bigkoko Traveler's Gift Vouchers. Choose what you want! Available as e-gift and paper voucher, with the applicable vendor & redemption details printed it.

Terms and Conditions:
Bigkoko Traveler's Gift vouchers are valid for 10 years from Purchase date. Gift vouchers are NOT redeemable for cash. Gift Vouchers can only be used in exchange for items available for sale on the applicable vendor. After purchasing, the gift card will be sent to the associated email during purchase. The gift card can then be forwarded to any friend or family member. Otherwise, ask the sales agent to give you a physical one.

Return Policy.
At Bigkoko, we want you to be fully satisfied with every purchase you make. If you are not completely satisfied with the products you have purchased on our site or sales agents. you may return the unused products within 3 days from the date of purchase. *Learn more about our return policy*.

Used Balance.
Unused balance can be flipped for cash. *Learn more about flipping Bigkoko gift cards*.

Validity.
Valid for up to 10 years in the Country where it was bought!

Warranty Policy.
In the unlikely event that there is a problem with use, we will be more than happy to help! *Learn more about our warranty policy*.

Secure payments.
All orders are securely processed through a secure server using Secure Socket Layering (SSL).

Need some help? Drop us a message through our contact page! Otherwise call us on:
Bigkoko Travelers Gift Voucher! Available at Airports & sales outlets in your Country!

Attention merchants in Kigali Rwanda!

Our Marketing Team has some exciting news to share with you. Starting on February 19th, 2024, we will be conducting merchant sensitization on how Bigkoko Gift Cards can benefit your business. In addition, we will be registering merchants for this amazing opportunity.

We kindly request that you oblige them your time on the phone or in the office. As the king of business support in East Africa, Bigkoko is committed to providing the best tools and resources to help your business thrive.

Stay tuned for more updates on this exciting initiative. #Bigkoko #EastAfricaBusiness #GiftCards #MerchantRegistration #KigaliRwanda

Bigkoko ~ Discover Africa with us!

Discover Africa with us!

SPREAD love and endless possibilities with Bigkoko Gift Cards! We are on a great task of taking a sizeable chunk from the remittance business from western companies!

Support Bigkoko as we deliver premium services to all!
Still your Bigkoko ~ African's premium Business Broker with presence in three Continents!

The logo that exhumes value! Bigkoko ~ Africa's premium business and finanacial technology Company!

A triad of options with Bigkoko!

As the first Gift Remittance business that connects Diaspora Africans to home, every other places to Africa, enabling Gifters to stay connected to friends & family, share love via Gifts while away, we have a triad of redemption options for our teeming client's in 24 African countries!!

USSD.
Where internet connectivity presents a challenge, Our core objectives is to reach the unreachable, help the willing & unwilling access their gifts via USSD Codes. Rwanda is done and dusted!
Dial *662*800*122# to access various features of our Gift Cards! Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Ivory Coast & more countries loading!

Web App.
We understand the world is a global village. As long as you have internet, you can share love & gifts the Bigkoko way. Use Bigkoko Gift cards to wow friends & family. Go to https://gifts.bigkokogroup.com

NFC cards.
As part of giving back to the Gen Z, we are working tirelessly to launch our Near Field Communication (NFC) Cards in Africa! By second Quarter 2024, both soft & hardware will be available for use in Africa. With these cards branded as SVC, PAC & Geeboy, all you have to do is request for the online, Load, Shop, Tap & Go!

Bigkoko ~ Discover Africa with us!

Good morning from the lovely city of Kigali...... armed with a cup of hot coffee, lets talk about the Kokocard which the Bigkoko Group is rolling out soon in Rwanda, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Uganda, Kenya & others!

"The Kokocard offers you the chance to be among the first in Rwanda and Africa to enjoy a unique shopping experience. By joining the wait-list, you'll gain early access to Bigkoko's shopping card, promising exclusive bonuses, discounts, and the opportunity to discover Africa's shopping landscape. It's an opportunity to enhance your shopping experience significantly." ~ MD/CEO

Join the wait-list here: https://gifts.bigkokogroup.com/cards/apply

Bigkoko Store Value Cards now on release in Rwanda & other locations! Ask a vendor near you!

Learn more as you watch !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn3A31YQMP0

Watch and learn how to buy or redeem Bigkoko Gift Cards!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uYqgGG39Pg

Bigkoko Gift Center Lightning ⚡ up Africa next month of June! BGC Outlets in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Sweden & Nigeria (All 36 states + FCT)!!

Spread Joy and Endless Possibilities when you Walk into any BGC and purchase the perfect gift for that special occasion or person! Special Gift Cards for Birthdays, Wedding, Thank You, Back2School, Fun & Games, etc there's always one Gift for Loved ones!

Bigkoko ~ Still the Best as you discover Africa with us!

Note. JV opportunities available for capable entrepreneurs!