Africa-Press – Tanzania. VODACOM Tanzania Plc yesterday said it will dish out a total of 3.9bn/- in dividend to its M-Pesa customers who have used the service from April to June this year.
The dividend payment covers the first quarter of the company’s financial year, and it will be paid to M-Pesa Customers, M-Pesa agents, M-Pesa Super Agents, MPesa Business as well as MPesa Merchants.
The M-Pesa Business Head of Department, Happiness Shuma said, “Our mobile money service, M-Pesa, continues to be a remarkable success story, delivering significant social and financial value to Tanzanians.
“We have seen substantial growth on the M-Pesa platform with more customers, agents, merchants and institutions transacting around 100bn/- through M-Pesa each day. This is why today we can disburse 3.9bn/- in interest to our customers,” she said.
According to Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA), Vodacom Tanzania Plc has over 10 million customers on its M-Pesa platform commanding a market share of 40 per cent.
Vodacom Tanzania has so far paid out a total of 143.5bn/- as interest to its M-Pesa customers.
