Comviva, the global leader in providing mobile
solutions beyond VAS, today
announced that it will be creating employment for close to 200 people in its
first phase of hiring in Africa, thereby helping to create multiple job
opportunities in the telecom sector across the continent. A recognized leader
in the VAS space in Africa, with solutions deployed in 34 countries, Comviva
has been present in the continent for close to a decade.
“Today Comviva
is the largest Indian VAS player in Africa, with over 30% of our revenue coming from the African
continent. We are in the process of expanding our pan-Africa operations
significantly and as part of this further expansion, we are building our ecosystem
partners in the VAS space”, said Manoranjan Mohapatra, CEO, Comviva.
“Our expertise
in the ‘VAS and beyond’ space is acknowledged globally and our training will
significantly enhance employability and technology work exposure for people. Our larger
goal is to enhance the capability of the workforce in the VAS domain and thereby
help spread knowledge, better customer experience and overall prosperity in the
region”, he added.
In Africa, Comviva works with some of the leading operator
groups such as Airtel Africa, MTN, Tigo and Safaricom, to name a few. Very
recently, Comviva won a landmark deal with Airtel Africa to provide end-to-end
management of Airtel Africa’s VAS services. As part of the five-year deal,
Comviva will manage all VAS nodes across Airtel’s 16 operations in Africa. Earlier
this year, Comviva partnered with leading content aggregators to further
strengthen its content portfolio offering in the region.
Sandyp
Bhattacharya, Vice President - HR, Comviva, said “With our strong growth in Africa we expect to significantly
increase the employment opportunities, especially when we combine all the
direct and indirect partners who will work with us to build our Africa business.
We plan to create jobs for 200
people in the first phase, creating employment opportunities for talented
individuals and providing all necessary training for people recruited directly
from schools and colleges. We have already made over 35 offers to
fresh technical graduates in East Africa”.
Comviva
first entered the Africa market in 2003, when it deployed its dBILL billing
solution for a leading operator in Nigeria. Since then, Comviva has gone from
strength to strength, with deployments from its entire product portfolio installed
in 34 countries. Comviva’s Africa team is present in a number of countries
across the continent, with support teams also located in Nairobi and
Johannesburg.
Across Africa, Comviva’s prepaid
recharge solution, PreTUPS™, enables affordable recharge for over
100 million mobile subscribers across
35 deployments*. Comviva’s multi-award winning mobile financial services solution,
mobiquity™ is
deployed*, in 20 countries in Africa,
enabling mobile users to access and reap benefits from convenient, card-free
and cash-free financial services via their mobile phones.
About Comviva
Comviva is the global leader in providing mobile
solutions beyond VAS. With an extensive portfolio of solutions spanning VAS
infrastructure, applications delivery platforms and customer-facing
applications, Comviva enables mobile service providers to enrich mobile users’
lives, whilst rationalizing costs, accelerating revenue growth and enhancing
customer lifetime value. Comviva’s solutions are deployed by service providers
in over 85 countries and power services to more than 650 million mobile
subscribers globally. For more information, visit www.comviva.com
