Vodacom Extends Fuel Payment Via M-Pesa

VODACOM TANZANIA EXTENDS FUEL PAYMENT VIA M-PESA TO ORYX FUEL STATIONS COUNTRYWIDE

Customers to receive instant 5% cashback on all payments using and public institutions M-Pesa

Recently, Tanzania’s leading technology and Communication Company, Vodacom Tanzania PLC and Oryx Oil Tanzania Ltd have entered a new partnership to enable their customers to use Vodacom M-Pesa’s ‘Lipa kwa Simu’ platform to pay for fuel. The ‘Lipa kwa Simu’ service is now available in all 52 Oryx fuel stations countrywide. This service in addition to cash payment is meant to increase customer convenience while strengthening the financial payment system.

Speaking during announcement held at Mwenge Oryx filling station in Dar es Salaam, Oryx Oil Tanzania Managing Director Chris Swart emphasized on the importance of using digital platforms such as M-Pesa in processing payments and collecting revenues, saying that the move will improve safety, convenience and transparency for both customer and the business.

“We continue to extend payment options available at all our fuel stations to increase customer convenience but also safety. I thank Vodacom M-Pesa for collaborating with Oryx Oil on this initiative to ensure mobile money payments are available to all our customers regardless of the operator/ network they are using. I am certain this service will make payments easier and benefit us by enhancing efficiency in keeping of transaction records and improving financial security in all our stations across the country”, Swart remarked while urging customers to make use of the service.

Vodacom Tanzania became the first company to enable person to business interoperable payments which has helped to further drive financial inclusion in the Payments space. Through the ‘Lipa kwa Simu’ service customers can use M-Pesa App QR code, Bank accounts and other mobile money wallets to

make the payments and get even more value at Oryx Fuel stations as payments come with a 5% instant cashback on all payments done using M-Pesa.

Speaking on behalf of Vodacom M-Pesa Director, Nelusigwe Mwangota – Head of M-Pesa reporting & Planning revealed that the ‘Lipa kwa Simu’ service was seeing a lot of traction countrywide as more merchants and retailers use it to seamlessly collect payments while helping customers to avoid the risks and burdens of carrying cash. She said the company will continue to drive digital payments in the Tanzania retail Ecosystem by extending this service to more

private and public institutions

“Over 10 million Tanzanians are already using M-Pesa to process various payments like utility payments, Government payments, transport, retail and many more. As a company we drive the ambitious agenda of a cashless society so our focus is to encourage non-cash transactions through enhancing mobile payments. Through this partnership, Tanzanians will be able to make mobile money payments through ‘Lipa kwa Simu’ at Oryx Oil and other fuel stations that we have partnered with making life easier, safer and more efficient,” concluded Mwangota.