{"id":150325,"date":"2019-07-18T22:21:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T14:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/?p=250987"},"modified":"2019-07-18T22:21:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T14:21:29","slug":"vodacom-poised-to-widen-m-pesa-availability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/18\/vodacom-poised-to-widen-m-pesa-availability\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom poised to widen m-Pesa availability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        \tLIVE FROM MOBILE 360 \u2013 AFRICA, KIGALI, RWANDA: Vodacom Group revealed plans to open its mobile money platform to customers of other operators in a number of African markets, as part of a strategy to expand the service.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Williamson, m-Pesa managing executive (pictured, centre), said the company had already launched the service outside of its own base, in Mozambique, and was working on replicating this across several other countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think it\u2019s time to level the playing field and so it doesn\u2019t matter how big your GSM base is, customers should be able to access our service,\u201d he added. \u201cWe very much see m-Pesa becoming like an OTT service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comments came during a session on partnerships, where Williamson added full interoperability with other service providers was \u201cnot a question of whether, it\u2019s who, when and how.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Partnerships<br \/>\nMTN Group head of financial services Serigne Dioum (pictured, far right) also threw his support behind interoperability highlighting its venture with Orange [1] and an aim to provide smooth in-market fund transfer between providers.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Chief Officer for Mobile Finance Services at Tigo Tanzania, Angelica Pesha (pictured, second from right) believes the experience of interoperability in her country provided a blueprint and it was \u201chigh time\u201d it was taken elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>In the enterprise space, Ngozi Megwa, Mastercard SVP digital partnerships for MEA (pictured, second from left), said cooperation between providers was vital to attract merchants, citing African proverb: \u201cIf you want to go fast go alone, if you want to far go together\u201d.<\/p>\n[1] https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/featured-content\/money-home-banner\/orange-mtn-join-forces-to-boost-mobile-money\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIVE FROM MOBILE 360 &ndash; 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