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Matad Technologies
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About this project
The Problem
In Ghana, funerals are significant cultural and social events involving large financial contributions and expenses. However, funeral financial management is still handled through traditional methods such as handwritten records, multiple mobile money accounts, and informal tracking systems.
This creates challenges including poor accountability, missing records, difficulty reconciling contributions, delayed vendor payments, and potential conflicts among families due to unclear financial transactions.
The Solution
Memora is a digital funeral financial management platform that provides families and funeral organizers with a secure, transparent, and centralized system for managing the complete financial journey of a funeral event.
Memora acts as a digital treasurer, helping organizers collect contributions, track funds, manage expenses, and make verified payments — all from one trusted platform.
Key Innovations
1. Inclusive Digital Contributions
Through Moolre’s USSD API integration, Memora allows anyone to contribute using mobile money, even without a smartphone or internet connection. Each funeral event receives a unique contribution code for easy and secure payments.
2. Real-Time Financial Transparency
Organizers get a live dashboard showing contributions received, fundraising progress, expenses, and remaining balances, eliminating the challenges of manual record reconciliation.
3. Secure Vendor Payments
Using Moolre’s Disbursement API, Memora enables direct and traceable payments to funeral service providers, creating a complete financial audit trail for every cedi spent.
4. Automated Trust and Communication
SMS notifications provide instant confirmation to contributors and updates to organizers, improving trust and accountability throughout the funeral process.
Impact
Memora transforms funeral financial management from a fragmented manual process into a transparent, efficient, and trustworthy digital experience.
By reducing financial disputes, improving accountability, and simplifying contribution management, Memora allows families to focus on what truly matters — celebrating and honoring their loved ones.
Vision
Our vision is to build Ghana’s trusted digital infrastructure for community-based financial coordination, starting with funerals and expanding into other areas where transparency, trust, and collective contributions are essential.
Visit USSD Simulation page
https://memora-psi-eight.vercel.app/ussd
Moolre APIs used
Collections
Disbursements
SMS
USSD