Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 59 | Page 15

NEWS

Lake Harvest Zambia joins the Tingg digital payment ecosystem

This partnership will place Cellulant ’ s payment platform , Tingg , in all of the 13 Lake Harvest outlets across Zambia and ensure they are able to accept all forms of mobile money . Customers will pay seamlessly by simply dialing a short code accessible on any phone .
The partnership is in line with Cellulant ’ s aim to break the fragmentation in the payments landscape and as such has rolled out Tingg to major stores across the country , placing it at the forefront of the digital payments revolution in Zambia .
Gilbert Lungu , Country Manager , Cellulant Zambia , said : “ A major distributor like Lake Harvest joining the Tingg ecosystem , supports the growing trend of an increase in the use of digital payments over traditional payment methods .”

Cellulant , a leading Pan-African payments company , has partnered with one of Zambia ’ s leading fish distributors , Lake Harvest to enable mobile payments in all their outlets through the Tingg one-stop digital payment platform .

Lungu added : “ Platforms like Tingg solve cash management issues while offering better reconciliation and settlement options for businesses .”
Steven Chidove , General Manager , Lake Harvest , said : “ Since going live with Tingg , we ’ ve noted that customers are expressing pleasure in having this simplified way of paying .”

Cloudmania opens opportunities for Africa ’ s business market

Cloudmania , an exclusive provider of cloud partner programmes in Africa , has opened its doors in 13 countries across the continent . The indirect provider focuses on partner building and enablement by giving resellers the ability to resell superior solutions by leveraging Cloudmania .

Winston Ritson , Chief Business Officer , Cloudmania , said : “ We understand the growing need for cloud services and its vital role to ensure seamless collaboration between employees . Our extensive expertise will ensure that you are provided with the appropriate tools to assist your customers on their cloud migration journeys . Just as customers have transformed their business , partners have to transform and rely on a partner invested in their business .”
Cloudmania aims to help businesses keep track of their data , performance and customers , and creates a single pane view of the entire network . In addition , the programme is designed to increase workflow efficiency , lower operational costs , and most importantly , develop partnerships with resellers .
Cloudmania will assist partners ’ profitability by supporting them with marketing , training and specialist advice . Using the programme ’ s communication channels , the team will source qualified and unqualified leads to help partners build their businesses . The offering is backed by superior world-class technology , equipping a reseller ’ s business with innovative cloud technology , enabling them to offer exceptional customer solutions . p
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