Verve, the largest
domestic card scheme in Africa, recently launched a new campaign themed “Live
the good life”. The campaign reiterates the essence of the brand,
affirming its versatility and the brand’s ability to enable cardholders to live
the good life they so desire.
The campaign, anchored on the brand’s Television Commercials
(TVCs) uses humour, wittiness, and fun. The communication is upbeat, expresses
the energy of the African people and plays on humour and emotive cues to
drive home the message that everyone could live the good life; the campaign
also dials up the role of Verve as an enabler
of the Good Life and “the rewarding way to make payment”.
To deliver this
message effectively, the TVCs features Nollywood celebrities, Beverly Naya,
Odunlade Adekola and Sanni Musa Danja.
Speaking on the
idea behind the TVCs and the campaign, Adewole Adedeji, Group Head, Verve
Marketing, stated that the campaign is in furtherance of Verve’s commitment to
enable seamless payment experience for its cardholders. “We are the rewarding
way to make payments and it is very important to us at Verve to ensure that
however you desire to live the good life, we are there with you and for you to
make it happen in an easy and memorable way.
“Verve is not
only a payment card, it is also a cardless payment gateway. Verve has become a
lifestyle, an embodiment of our identity. As expressed in Verve’s new
communication, this is the card that truly “gets us” as Nigerians. It is the way we pay at home and abroad, at
the cinema, shopping mall, the gym, local restaurant, etc. Verve is defining
the way we interact with each other and at everyday touchpoints. Verve is the
only card scheme in Nigeria that is domestically African and also truly
international,” he added.
The new Verve
brand campaign seeks to inspire conversation about what the good life means to
us as a people. This implies that the good life
means different things to different people.
The brand has thus used storytelling to express this in its four executions/TVC
versions: Omnibus: featuring a collation of good life experiences; Music
of the soul: featuring Odunlade Adekola and Sanni Musa Danja; Amala:
featuring Beverly Naya and Yoga moves: featuring Odunlade Adekola.
Verve
is the largest domestic card
scheme in Africa. With a commitment to making payment seamless,
safer and rewarding, Verve has a bouquet of products which include: Verve
Classic card and Verve Global card had over 19 million cards
activated on Verve’s network as of March 2019 and is currently accepted in over
190 countries globally, Verve e-Cash and paycode.
