Technology Magazine November 2018 | Page 271

AFRICA
271 product that anybody with a mobile phone can register on via USSD or even the app . This game changing product is available to everyone with a mobile number and Zambian National ID – you don ’ t have to be an existing customer of Atlas Mara bank to be eligible .
“ Tenga represents the birth of our mobile money solution and to support its relevance , we are working on building an agency banking model that reflects our aspirations . We are going to be building a model based on partnerships . We have a couple of partners already on the cards , and one of them actually has the largest agency banking network in the country , Zoona . We are in discussions with them – they have in excess of 2,000 agents right across the country , and we are looking to see how we can leverage their network ,” says Ngulube .
With Tenga , we will be fulfilling a critical need to allow financial inclusiveness at all levels of society irrespective of geography across Zambia .
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