{"id":44941,"date":"2020-07-21T10:51:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T10:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/?p=291636"},"modified":"2020-07-21T10:51:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T10:51:36","slug":"vodacom-alipay-prepare-south-africa-superapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/07\/21\/vodacom-alipay-prepare-south-africa-superapp\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom, Alipay prepare South Africa superapp"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\tVodacom Group joined forces with digital payment platform Alipay to create a so-called superapp for South Africa which will offer personalised financial, business and lifestyle services from 2021.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Vodacom explained they would deliver \u201ca market place of goods and services tailored to the South African customer needs underpinned by a progressive digital payments ecosystem\u201d for the banked and unbanked sectors.<\/p>\n

Vodacom chief Shameel Joosub described the tie-up as a \u201csignificant milestone in promoting greater financial inclusion within the communities in which we operate\u201d, adding it would aid its efforts to \u201creinvent the mobile fintech ecosystem\u201d in South Africa.<\/p>\n

Digital payment services will include purchases, bill payments and money transfers. The app will also handle music streaming, gaming and taxi-booking services.<\/p>\n

Vodacom said it will also let small and medium-sized enterprises access lending, insurance and advertising services.<\/p>\n

The app will be operated by Vodacom Financial Services, which the company noted had grown from a loss-making entity to a unit with more than 12 million customers which regularly made positive contributions to group earnings in the space of four years.<\/p>\n

Vodacom’s move comes four years after it discontinued its m-Pesa mobile money service [1] in South Africa due to failing to build a large-enough user base.<\/p>\n

Last month, Japanese operator SoftBank Corp also detailed plans for a superapp, teaming with UK-based Splyt [2] on the move.<\/p>\n

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