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The discounts will be available on over 60 staple products (such as canned items, household cleaning products, maize meal, baby products, dairy products, etc.) and the discounts will be valid at any Shoprite and Checkers store in South Africa. Mukuru customers simply have to create and pay for their orders on the Mukuru platform to receive access to the discounts. Customers then access the codes on the Mukuru self-help platforms such as USSD and WhatsApp and present the codes at the Shoprite and Checkers stores to claim the discounts off the selected products. “We are always looking for ways to recognise and reward our loyal customers, and the Mukuru Shopping Discounts are a great way in which we can pass valuable savings on to our customers by funding the discounts ourselves,” said Andy Jury, CEO, Mukuru.

Most importantly, the Mukuru Shopping Discounts initiative will help customers and their families achieve savings at a time when many are still recovering from the economic fallout of South Africa’s lockdown. “As a company, we are with our customers side by side through both the good times and the difficult ones, and we are well-positioned to continue innovating and to provide important benefits to our loyal customers around the world.”

Having helped our customers send money home to their family and friends for over 14 years, we feel part of their daily lives and as a result, Mukuru is constantly engaging with customers and adding tangible value wherever and whenever we can. We are able to leverage both partnerships and technology to pass important benefits on to our customers and to reward them for their loyalty and engagement over so many years,” added Jury. “

Engagement Drivers in a Lending Marketplace: The Case for Kiva

BenefitsOffering a distinctive integration and management service with various redemption channels. Giving our clients points at their top favorite brands. Providing Customer convenience and ensure a better experience. Increasing customers loyalty and retention through engaging activities and programs. Boosting disbursement pattern motivating them by earning and burning points.

How it works?

we are definitely improving the financial livelihood of smallholder farmers through fair trade. Many smallholder farmers are paid less than $1 a day and our objective is to increase it to $4 a day by 2020.

One of the major challenges faced by financial companies are cyber threats, thus making it key motive to strengthen payment gateway to safeguard customer data and transaction process.

AgroCenta brings all the stakeholders in Ghana’s agricultural value chain together to facilitate effective trading within its web and mobile platform. They target rural smallholder farmers and farmer-based organizations that have limited access to markets, logistics, or technology. AgroCenta works to improve the livelihoods of farmers by providing an all-in-one SMS based solution to access commodity pricing, offer goods for sale across Ghana, and an on-demand logistics service to ensure timely deliveries.

Business Model

AgroCenta has hosted and provided over 500 farmer engagement sessions and trainings since launch. Skilled professionals deliver these sessions in farming communities and methodologies are continuously updated to reflect state-of-theart farming practices.

Safaricom is partnering with PayPal to boost its e-commerce capabilities in Kenya, solidifying its footing not just as a mobile phone business but as a global company with diversified interests in sectors including healthcare, transportation, and music.

The company is collaborating on a new service to enable Kenyan customers seamlessly transfer money between PayPal and Safaricom’s M-Pesa mobile wallets.

For its part, AXA Assurance Maroc announces that it will reimburse medical expenses for video consultation for disease declaration files submitted by AXA policyholders. These files are supplemented by the prescription and the payment receipt received by email from DabaDoc. 

DabaDoc met à disposition des patients la possibilité de prendre rendez-vous en ligne depuis la plateforme DabaDoc.com et d’échanger avec un médecin à distance sans se déplacer. Le service de consultation vidéo a été activé par DabaDoc pour tous les médecins adhérents, sans engagement.  Un lien unique et sécurisé est généré à chaque rendez-vous et transmis aux patients et aux médecins par SMS pour démarrer leur vidéo.  Le service ne nécessite pas le téléchargement d’une application mobile et fonctionne directement sur Chrome (Android) et Safari (iOS).

De son côté, AXA Assurance Maroc annonce qu'elle assurera le remboursement des frais médicaux de consultation vidéo pour les dossiers de déclaration maladies soumis par les assurés AXA. Ces dossiers sont complétés par la prescription et le récépissé de règlement reçus par courriel de DabaDoc. 

In 2017 MTN Ghana – the local subsidiary of the South African mobile operator, and the market leader – redefined what constitutes a subscriber, removing 3.4m inactive lines from its network in the first quarter of the year. However, in the same quarter the company gained more than 800,000 new active customers. The net effect was a drop of 2.5m in its subscriber base, leaving it with 16.9m voice subscribers, according to the NCA.

MTN Ghana holds the largest market share. As of April 2017 it had a 56.1% share of mobile data services and 46.9% of voice. It also held 59.7% of broadband wireless access through its 4G services.

The firm saw revenue growth of 19.8% in 2016 on the back of its strong performance in the data segment. According to the company’s financial results, data revenue increased by 66% and accounted for 42% of total revenue in 2016 on the back of the launch of a 4G network.

MTN Group Ltd. engages in the provision of network information technology services. It offers broadband and Internet products and services and converged fixed or mobile products and services.

EasyEquities aims to disrupt and remove the barriers to entry in local and international stock markets, making the purchase of shares easy, cheap and fun, and ensuring that anyone can own shares in the companies they love.

EasyEquities (EE), a subsidiary of JSE listed Purple Group Limited (PPE), is an online platform which allows anyone to buy shares in the brands and companies they love. For as little as R5, $10 or whatever amount they have available to invest (and with no monthly brokerage fees) newbie and seasoned investors alike can grow their wealth. EE powered by First World Trader (Pty), as an authorized financial services provider, has a strong focus on customer satisfaction. Our mission is to be a respected and recognized financial services provider. Treating our customers fairly is a primary objective of the conceptualization, creation and launch of the platform.

Digital money transfer service WorldRemit has partnered with Chinese smartphone maker Huawei [HWT.UL] to enable the international transfer of money across Huawei’s mobile services in Africa, the companies said on Tuesday.

“International remittance is a very important mobile money service in Africa, and our partnership with WorldRemit will bring international remittances directly to Huawei’s customers across the continent,” David Chen, Vice-President of Huawei Southern Africa, said in a statement.

Create a data strategy that takes advantage of existing business data.“Democratize” the data—make it available to all within the business.Engage in a conscious process to shift the organization’s culture to one that is data driven.Bolster the culture change by quickly building examples of insights derived from data and establishing KPIs for data science.Establish standards for data governance, security, and privacy.

Applications were submitted by companies across the region. The 10 finalists include: Artis Technologies, LLC – modern financing made simple through an embedded financial services platform for digital lending and real-time payments EnrichHER – offers funders the best selection of vetted investment opportunities in companies that have women in leadership roles, while cultivating a thriving ecosystem of New Majority businesses Ethiopay – safe and convenient way to pay loved ones’ bills from anywhere in the world Finosec – IT and cybersecurity management platform for the banking industry Griffin Technologies – customer intelligence platform that provides banks modern day context on new and existing customers Immediate – helps businesses recruit, engage, and retain employees by providing a financial wellness solution that delivers on-demand access to earned pay InvestGuard – technology-enabled exchange for independent PE sponsors Lendsmart AI – AI-enabled technology platform transforming the homebuying process Ryze – Bitcoin-first financial institution, starting with the most powerful way to save and accumulate Bitcoin VIVA Finance – improving employees’ financial well-being through an affordable lending program and financial education

At the conclusion of the program, the startups will present to a panel of investors during Fintech South’s Investor Preview event on Monday, Oct. 5. The top three companies will hit the virtual conference’s main stage for a chance to win $25,000.

“What makes Ethio Pay profitable is not the number of ATMs; it rather is the large numbers of users. Our concern now is to work on promoting the system for increased customer involvement,” said Bizuneh.

After last month’s unofficial launch of Ethio-Pay, customers of other banks complained that the Bank of Abyssinia’s (BoA) ATMs did not provide service for other cards; guards of some branches unaware of the complete switch operation were seen forbidding customers from trying their cards at the ATMs.

The switch does not treat banks that have fewer ATMs any differently than those with larger networks in place. In fact, the system enables hosted members, banks without their own payment switches, to issue ATM cards without having to invest in a network of machines. It is also open to the integration of newcomers in the future without additional payments for letting their customers transact on other ATMs, the CEO added.

AgroCenta focuses on 3 key impact goals for Ghana:No Poverty: we are definitely improving the financial livelihood of smallholder farmers through fair trade. Many smallholder farmers are paid less than $1 a day and our objective is to increase it to $4 a day by 2020.Gender Equality: in Sub-Saharan Africa, traditions and land ownerships do not favor women, which ends up in many women being excluded from the agriculture value chain. By engaging the relevant stakeholders, AgroCenta rents arable agricultural lands to female smallholder farmers for free. Women are also given seeds, fertilizers, mechanized tractor services and extensive advisory information on farming best practices such as what type of seed to plant, when to plant, how to plant, etc.Decent Work & Economic Growth: we empower smallholder farmers to see agriculture as more than just a way to survive and position it as a viable industry that can be sustainable for their family.

AgroCenta is an innovative online platform that empowers small holder farmers and farmer based organizations in rural farming communities access a wider online market outside their immediate locality to trade fairly and equitably. They can access technological tools and information that will inform them on best farming practices such weather information, market information and finally access to agro inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides and weedicides directly from stakeholders.

AgroCenta is an innovative online platform that empowers small holder farmers and farmer based organizations in rural farming communities access a wider online market outside their immediate locality to trade fairly and equitably. They can access technological tools and information that will inform them on best farming practices such weather information, market information and finally access to agro inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides and weedicides directly from stakeholders.

AgroCenta is an innovative online platform that empowers small holder farmers and farmer based organizations in rural farming communities access a wider online market outside their immediate locality to trade fairly and equitably. They can access technological tools and information that will inform them on best farming practices such weather information, market information and finally access to agro inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides and weedicides directly from stakeholders.

Founded in 2004, Mukuru has established a powerful brand affinity with customers built on trust, reliability, and local engagement. The company has grown to operate over 90 remittance corridors, enabling more than 5 million individuals to receive funds to cover living expenses, school fees, medical expenses, and utility bills. Mukuru is supported by world-class regulatory and compliance systems, highly scalable technology architecture, and a comprehensive sales and distribution network.