Umsunguli weselula oshibhile nowe-fintech uGreydot Telecoms uyisixazululo semakethe yase-Afrika
YIZE wonke amehlo ethe njo kubahlinzeki abakhulu bamanethiwekhi omakhalekhukhwini ukuthi behlise izindleko zabo, inkampani yezokuxhumana yase-Afrika ingena kancane kancane esikhaleni ngokusungula izingcingo ezishibhile nezisombululo zobuchwepheshe bezezimali.
Imfihlo ye-Greydot Telecoms yokuba ngabahlinzeki bezokuxhumana abashibhe kakhulu ilele ekutheni ibhizinisi layo lonke lisekelwe ku-inthanethi, abukho ubuchwepheshe basemhlabeni obufana nemibhoshongo esetshenziswa abanye abahlinzeki benethiwekhi yamaselula.
Inkampani yaseBotswana inabasebenzisi abangu-700 000 eBotswana, eNingizimu Afrika, eZimbabwe, eKenya naseDemocratic Republic of Congo.“Sizuze lesi sibalo ngaphandle kokumaketha okunolaka, ukukhuluma ngomlomo kuphela,” kusho usihlalo weGreydot uChris Phaladze, wengeza ngokuthi “maduze sizodlulela eGabon”.
The company’s CEO is Zimbabwe-based Siqokoqela Mphoko, the son of former Zimbabwean vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko.“Sishibhile ngoba ubuchwepheshe bethu buhlala buthule futhi asinazo izindleko ze-overhead yakwaMTN njengamajeneretha, ama-fibers nabasebenzi basehhovisi,” usho kanje.I-Greydot ikhokhisa u-35 cents ngomzuzu ngokushaya ucingo oluya kunoma iyiphi inombolo eseNingizimu Afrika, okuvunyelwa ukuxhumana kwayo kwendawo ne-Telkom ne-Liquid Telecom.
Ezingcingweni zamazwe ngamazwe, uxhumano lwe-Greydot ukuya eGreydot luphinde lukhokhiswe ngo-35 cents ngomzuzu kungakhathaliseki ukuthi umemukeli ukuphi emhlabeni.Izinga elifanayo lisebenza ezingcingweni eziya kunoma iyiphi inombolo emazweni angu-170 lapho iGreydot inokuxhumana nomhlinzeki wezokuxhumana waseNdiya i-Tata Communications.Lawa mazwe angu-170 angamazwe athuthuke kakhulu kwezomnotho emhlabeni, lapho iningi labantu base-Afrika lihlala emazweni angaphandle.
Ukuze ufinyelele izinsizakalo zayo, umuntu ulanda uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Greydot kumakhalekhukhwini wabo onikwe amandla i-Android- noma i-iOS futhi usebenzisa i-SIM khadi yanoma yimuphi umhlinzeki wenethiwekhi ikhasimende eselivele limsebenzisa.
Ukuze uthole idatha, i-Greydot isebenzisa umhlinzeki wenethiwekhi yekhasimende futhi ikhokha imali encane.Abahlinzeki abakhulu bamanethiwekhi omakhalekhukhwini eNingizimu Afrika abanjengoVodacom, MTN, Telkom noCell C bake baba senkingeni neCompetition Commission ngamashaji abo amba eqolo, ikakhulukazi ama-data.Ukusabela kulokhu, ngonyaka odlule iVodacom yanquma ukunciphisa i-data bundle yayo yezinsuku ezingu-30 ye-1GB ngo-14% iye ku-R85, kuyilapho izinqwaba eziphakathi kuka-3GB ne-20GB zingashintshile.
I-MTN ne-Telkom bashaja u-R99 ngedatha engu-1GB, kanti i-Cell C yona ibiza u-R95. Eshibhe kakhulu iRain, ebiza u-R50.Izinkampani zokuxhumana bezilokhu zisebenzisa indlela yokusebenza ekude muva nje ngenxa yomqedazwe we-Covid-19 ngokwengeza izinzuzo zedatha yamahhala ekunikezelweni kwazo okususelwa ku-router.
Okunye okuhle ngokusebenzisa iGreydot wukuthi amakhasimende awadingi ukuzulazula emazweni angu-170, kusho uPhaladze.Le nkampani iyakuqonda ukuziphendukela kwemvelo, futhi eminyakeni yayo yokuphila isishintshile isuka ekunikezeni ubuchwepheshe befeksi kuya ku-imeyili yaba manje “inethiwekhi yezwi yedijithali yesizukulwane esilandelayo”.
Ubuchwepheshe bezezimali beGreydot buvumela ukuthi umuntu akhokhe nge-digital wallet izizalwane zeZimbabwe ezihlala kweleSouth Africa leBotswana ezingalayisha kuzo zonke izitolo ezedlula inkulungwane ezingamatshumi ayisikhombisa lanhlanu (75 000) ukuze izihlobo zabo zithole ivawutsha ngoWhatsApp ukuze zithenge igrosa ezimakethe zozakwethu eZimbabwe.
