SeamlessHR, Gates Foundation roll out earned wage access solution for Nigerian workers

AFRICA’S leading payroll and HR technology company, SeamlessHR, in collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, recently hosted the top echelon of employers of blue-collar workers in Nigeria in an exclusive event to discuss the optimisation of blue-collar employee welfare and pro-ductivity, through a new technology solution, Breeze Payer.

Executives from 7-up Bottling Company, Guinness Ni-geria, Lafarge Cement, Julius Berger, BUA Cement, UACN and others engaged in an interactive session and also participated in a fireside chat led by representatives of the Gates Foundation and the leadership team at Seam-lessHR.

The participants explored innovative solutions to the pressing challenges faced by Africa’s workforce, specifically unveiling employee welfare improvement and productivity enhancement technology-driven solution.

At the engagement, Seam-lessHR unveiled Breeze Payer, a cutting-edge application for employers that will help to drive talent retention among their employees through solutions like earned wage access.

The platform enables em-plovers of blue-collar workers to efficiently manage their payroll, facilitate salary and wage disbursements and connect their workforce to the market of financial value-adding services.

The top-of-the-table solution allows emplovees to access their salaries before payday and manage financial emergencies without paperwork and at a lower cost. Ad-ditionally, the platform helps wage earners build their credit history, which can facilitate access to larger loans with longer tenors and improve their overall financial well-being.