Vodacom and M-Pesa: ka-ring, ka-ching?
The numbers show how important the platform is for the telecoms operator’s financial services operation
20 June 2024 - 05:00
For a long time it has been said in South African business circles that banks have the expertise and infrastructure to become telecommunications companies, and that telecoms firms, in turn, could offer banking services.
This is more than chatter. For example, FNB offers a mobile phone service, and Absa pioneered free e-mail addresses in the late 1990s...
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