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OneMoney records growth in subscriptions
29 Mar 2021 at 13:53hrs | Views
State Owned Mobile communications giant NetOne's mobile money platform OneMoney, has witnessed a significant rise in number of new subscribers.
This follows the statistics from the just released POTRAZ (Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe) Sector Performance Report for the fourth quarter of 2020.
According to the Abridged Sector Performance Report fourth quarter report by POTRAZ, the total number of active mobile money subscriptions as at 31 December 2020, was 6,495,682.
This represents a 2.7 percent growth from 6,325,666 recorded as at 30 September 2020. NetOne's OneMoney recorded the highest percentage growth in mobile money subscribers as compared to its competitors.
OneMoney's subscriber base rose by a significant 9.6 percent.
NetOne's spokesperson commented saying, "Same time last year OneMoney had reached close to half a million subscribers, after a year now we are nearing a million subscribers.
We have doubled our subscribers in the space of one year. The growth has been cemented by our increased network coverage to previously marginalized areas, allowing subscribers an opportunity to transact using OneMoney.
As we build on the growth, 2021 will be a year that our subscribers experience addition of services through the OneMoney platform."
The growth of OneMoney may be ascribed to the benefits, which include a ZimSwitch-enabled debit card that has become highly popular in the country's cashlite economy.
The debit card is strengthened by the ability to shift money to and from banks on the ZimSwitch platform. Other benefits include, purchase of vartimeand payments of Utilities, such as ZESA prepaid electricity and municipal rates.
Globally, mobile money has become an important channel for effecting business transactions.
This follows the statistics from the just released POTRAZ (Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe) Sector Performance Report for the fourth quarter of 2020.
According to the Abridged Sector Performance Report fourth quarter report by POTRAZ, the total number of active mobile money subscriptions as at 31 December 2020, was 6,495,682.
This represents a 2.7 percent growth from 6,325,666 recorded as at 30 September 2020. NetOne's OneMoney recorded the highest percentage growth in mobile money subscribers as compared to its competitors.
OneMoney's subscriber base rose by a significant 9.6 percent.
NetOne's spokesperson commented saying, "Same time last year OneMoney had reached close to half a million subscribers, after a year now we are nearing a million subscribers.
We have doubled our subscribers in the space of one year. The growth has been cemented by our increased network coverage to previously marginalized areas, allowing subscribers an opportunity to transact using OneMoney.
As we build on the growth, 2021 will be a year that our subscribers experience addition of services through the OneMoney platform."
The growth of OneMoney may be ascribed to the benefits, which include a ZimSwitch-enabled debit card that has become highly popular in the country's cashlite economy.
The debit card is strengthened by the ability to shift money to and from banks on the ZimSwitch platform. Other benefits include, purchase of vartimeand payments of Utilities, such as ZESA prepaid electricity and municipal rates.
Globally, mobile money has become an important channel for effecting business transactions.
Source - Tarisai Mudahondo
