Visa on Mobile sets up shop in Tanzania as it seeks to expand regional footprint

(from left): Charles Natai – Country Director Maxcom Africa, Jameson Kasati – Director General Maxcom Africa, Juma Rajabu – Founder and Executive Director Maxcom Africa and Sunny Walia, The General Manager (East Africa) of Visa.

Visa, the global leader in payments, today announced a strategic partnership with Maxcom Africa PLC - a merchant aggregator also known as Maxmalipo - that will enable more than 30,000 retailers in Tanzania to accept Visa on mobile payments, as well as 20,000 local agents to conduct cash deposits and withdrawals. This effort aims to connect more Tanzanian consumers to the global payment system. 

This follows Visa’s success in Kenya where the solution was launched in partnership with partnerships with Barclays Bank, Cooperative Bank, Ecobank, Family Bank, KCB Bank, National Bank of Kenya, NIC Bank, Prime Bank, and Standard Chartered Bank. This comes as part of Visa’s strategic move to provide mobile payment services across East Africa.