Mukuru’s African footprint
Mukuru Partners with Thunes to Expand Footprint in Nigeria
/* custom css */ .tdi_3_6a6.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_6a6.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Mukuru has partnered with Thunes to expand its digital footprint across Nigeria. The fintech company expects this will streamline the process of cross-border money transfer through a single API connection, resulting in greater speed and operational efficiencies. “Our partnerships continue to be a source of both innovation and growth across our network, with our homegrown technology solutions continually evolving to meet the day-to-day needs of our customers,” says Mukuru CEO, Andy Jury. “We meet customers wherever they are, which today includes a variety of both physical and digital touchpoints across Africa, Europe and Asia.” This partnership with global payment netwo...
Mukuru Expands Reach in Southern Africa
Mukuru is expanding its footprint across Southern Africa. This comes after the remittance provider announced it has seen a 20-fold increase in monthly transactions within Zimbabwe. “As we grow our physical footprint in Southern Africa and bring our services to more people by way of booths and an entrepreneurial agent network, this growth is being complemented by the progressive digitisation of key steps in the Mukuru payments process,” says Andy Jury, CEO of Mukuru. “With more and more digital access points over USSD, WhatsApp and the Mukuru App, for instance, customers are becoming increasingly comfortable with things like self-sign up, including digital KYC and onboarding, which is not only raising our brand presence, but is shifting customers that much closer to financial inclusion and ...
Mukuru Adds Sign-Up Feature to WhatsApp
Mukuru has upgraded its app and added a new self sign-up feature to its WhatsApp offering. The new app – available on Android and IOS – will allow users to send money to 12 countries including Botswana, Bangladesh, DR Congo, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Pakistan, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Both channels are expected to enable customers to sign-up and conduct important transactions from home. “Our customers have been asking for a Mukuru App, and we have made sure to develop and present a solution that empowers our customers to send money back home to their families in an even safer and more convenient way. Mukuru has always given its customers the ability to transact when and wherever they need to through our existing USSD and WhatsApp offerings – the Mukuru App adds a ri...
Mukuru Launches Grocery Service to support Zimbabwean Families from South Africa
Image sourced from Mukuru African remittance provider Mukuru has launched Mukuru Groceries – a service that hopes to give South African based customers the ability to send groceries to their families and communities in Zimbabwe. With this service, customers can place orders for a basket of groceries that include 21 staples such as Mealie Meal, cooking oil, sugar, salt, rice, etc. To facilitate ease of use, Mukuru Groceries is available via USSD and Whatsapp. Existing customers will not be required to register for the service, they can simply create orders via USSD and WhatsApp, making it as easy to send groceries home as it is to send money. Mukuru says that this service has come at a time when many families are struggling to obtain basic commodities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. /...
