BIZCOMMUNITY.COM A new application that runs on iPhone and iPad could see Stellenbosch become the first South African city where you do not need cash, as a geo-fenced mobile payment system, Gust, approaches its Beta trial in June 2012. MXit staff have been using Gust wallets, which runs on iPhones with merchants on an iPad.
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Vodacom Express Recharge makes buying airtime easier
ITNEWS AFRICA Vodacom customers can now buy airtime, data bundles and SMS bundles using their debit, cheque or credit cards via their mobile phones. Customers who bank with Absa, Standard Bank and Nedbank will be able to use this service to buy Vodacom Prepaid or Top Up airtime for themselves or for other mobile phone
ZunguZ targets 15m users by 2015
By Admire Moyo ITWeb ZunguZ, a locally developed platform that facilitates micro-payments between users on social networks, claims it will dislodge the world’s top online payment platforms – such as M-Pesa, Google Wallet, PayPal Wallet, Facebook Credits, and Square – in Africa. Speaking to ITWeb, Robert Sussman, one of the co-founders of ZunguZ, said, judging
Zimbabwe: Cash transfer facility hits 1 million
By Kingstone Ndabatei The zimbabwean About three quarters of Zimbabweans now have access to mobile telecommunications services, with Econet Wireless Zimbabwe claiming 70% of the market share, a senior executive has said. In a statement accompanying the company’s financial results for the year ended February 2012, the chairman, Tawanda Nyambirai, said the company now boasted
MasterCard Mobile comes to South Africa
MasterCard has partnered with local mobile-centric financial services company Oltio to bring MasterCard Mobile to the South African market, expanding the platform for online shopping in the country. MasterCard Mobile lets MasterCard and Maestro cardholders make online purchases using their mobile phones. Consumers can use the platform to make secure online purchases with their PIN-based
SA near-field adoption a way off – Nashua
By Gareth Vorster Business Tech SA South African banks and retailers are likely to be slow to adopt near-field communications (NFC) technology for mobile payments due to the high costs of installing point-of-sale terminals and other enabling infrastructure, according to Tim Walter, executive head of marketing at Nashua Mobile. Walter believes that there is little
Start-up solves Zimbabwe’s change problem with a mobile airtime solution
L.S.M Kabweza TechZim Since the adoption of the mixed hard currencies monetary regime in Zimbabwe at the end of 2009, the one problem that has refused to go away is that of change. Retailers just don’t have enough change to give shoppers. It’s the same situation with commuter bus operators, street vendors and just about
Lendme.co.zw will lend you mobile airtime, at no extra charge
L.S.M Kabweza TechZim Zimbabwe has over the years become a predominantly cash society while mobile communication continues to grow and be pivotal to most consumers in the informal sector. We recognise the inherent burdens airtime pre-payment inflicts on consumers. These were the words of the founder of Lendme.co.zw, Michael Charangwa, when we chatted with him
South Africa: Local Banks Go Mobile
South Africa already has one of the world’s highest mobile banking user rates, and this is set to accelerate, thanks to a 100% mobile phone penetration rate and an innovative banking sector that is pushing hard to reach a large, still unbanked segment of the country’s population. In an interview with local paper Business Day
Mobile Money pairs up with the church
TIMOTHY SIMELANE Swazi MTN may have 50 000 people registered on Mobile Money within a space of four months, thanks to the company’s partnership with Swaziland Conference of Churches (SCC) and the Voice of the Church. The three launched a campaign yesterday dubbed, ‘Did you Know, Bowati Yini? Hamba Mali Hamba Vangeli’ whose aim is
