Airtel Networks Zambia Plc, a telecommunications service provider in Zambia, and the airline, Proflight Zambia, have signed a partnership agreement that will enable customers to purchase air tickets countrywide. Airtel customers will be able to pay for their Proflight Zambia air tickets using their “Airtel Money” accounts. This partnership is a reflection of the synergies
With the increased availability of broadband access, more affordable data costs offered by mobile operators and the consistent development of mobile devices, online shopping is gaining great traction in Sub-Saharan Africa. Fatima Sullivan, Head of Retail at DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa says that with the upcoming festive season fast approaching, consumers are increasingly choosing to
FNB has announced that its customers can now purchase iTunes gift codes for the iTunes Store in South Africa using the FNB Banking App. “We believe that FNB customers will benefit greatly from the convenience of purchasing, sending or redeeming iTunes gift codes quickly and effortlessly via the FNB Banking App. The codes can be
The Standard Bank of Namibia has officially unveiled its smart banking app, allowing customers to access banking services more conveniently through their smartphones or tablets, with plans to launch a second version next year. The new mobile banking platform will allow customers to check their account balance, view the last five transactions through a mini
The results of the eBucks 2012 Festive Survey are in, and they reveal that South Africans are not going to be stopped from spoiling their loved ones this festive season – despite challenging economic conditions. Fifty four percent of the survey’s respondents said they were planning to spend up to R500 per gift, 29% were
Consistent competitive pressures in the core banking industry are forcing banks to look at new ways of gaining competitive advantage, often in the form of spending more finances and time in making sure their core banking systems are immaculate. Hence the need to gain better decision making skills to ensure resources are spent effectively in
Net 1 UEPS Technologies Inc. has announced that the South African Constitutional Court ruled that the tender process followed by the South African Social Security Agency (“SASSA”) in awarding a contract to Net1’s wholly owned subsidiary Cash Paymaster Services (“CPS”) was constitutionally invalid. However, the Constitutional Court suspended its declaration of invalidity pending determination of
Jacko Maree was honoured recently, by The Banker magazine, with a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to banking. Jacko’s banking career spans more than 32 years. Of these, Jacko was Chief Executive of Standard Bank Group for 13. The Lifetime Achievement award is not made every year. The award is decided by an editorial committee to
One year ago, in November 2012 iVeri announced the launch of mPress, a comprehensive MPos product for Financial Institutions. When MPress was deployed by a customer in February 2013 it was the first MPos deployement in Africa and one of the first worldwide. The team at iVeri are very proud that one year after the
Just a few days ago we came upon a Karbonn Smart booth at a CABS bank branch in Harare. On enquiring from the agent we learned that the distributor of the Karbonn devices locally, Solid Ground, have partnered CABS to go after the the civil servants market through providing mobile devices on friendly credit terms.
