Dar es Salaam, Vodacom Tanzania unveiled its brand new M-Pesa
platform (Second Generation platform) which among other things will make
the mobile money service faster, more robust and with less downtime
while offering customers more services via the advanced platform.
The
newly improved platform, which is now hosted in Tanzania, will enable
Vodacom to respond faster to its customer needs as well as offer new
additional products and services.
During the launch event which took place on Friday July 22nd,
Vodacom’s Chief Officer for M-Commerce said ‘‘we have built the best
mobile money world-class platform. And I’m proud to say, given the work
done on this platform Tanzanians have an excellent opportunity to grow
mobile money and specifically M-Pesa. This will result into a situation
where innovation is not only about Vodacom, Innovation is about the
customers, the businesses and Tanzanian developers connecting on this
platform to deliver services for their customers, and that is the
essence of this platform’
Mr
Sitoyo also added, G2 is about delivering the next wave of mobile money
in Tanzania. Through this platform, Vodacom is going to position itself
as the enabler of financial services in the country. I see Vodacom
opening up our M-Pesa network to new partners so that we can deliver new
services to the market such as savings & loans, online payments,
insurance and the endless options of financial products. G2 is going to
take Tanzania forward at a more rapid pace than it has ever done before
into becoming the world best mobile money eco system.
On
his part, Huawei Tanzania MD Bruce Yang said, ‘Through Huawei
Technologies, M-Pesa will not be your ordinary mobile money platform; it
will include new features and will have more capacity. We have a
dedicated team of highly qualified professionals who ensure that
Tanzanians enjoy World class solutions through our excellent end to end
Technology. We have been impressed with the great partnership that we
have received from Vodacom throughout that led us to complete the
project ahead of schedule’.
Being
the first mobile money platform in Tanzania, M-Pesa has been the most
reliable and trusted mobile money service since its launch 8 years ago,
with about 9 million customers. With the new platform, M-Pesa services
will be even better than ever before, with a lot more innovations and
partnerships. This is the largest migration of financial services in the
History of Tanzania and promises a lot in terms of customer experience
and innovation. Migration to new platform has been a significant
achievement and Vodacom Tanzania.
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