By Neo Kolane
Fintech business, Mukuru Lesotho, on Wednesday announced that the business now allows its customers to send money outside the country, but only if they are registered into 20 different countries across Africa and Asia.
Mukuru is a Fintech business that gives the emerging consumer access to affordable and reliable financial services.
Its foundation is built on international money transfers helping people to move money into, out of, and around Africa.
Speaking at the launch, country manager of Mukuru Lesotho, ‘Maleseli Mohapinyane said that Mukuru has been trusted for many years by over 10 million customers for safe, convenient and reliable money transfer.
Mohapinyane said Mukuru has achieved sending money out of Lesotho by increasing the network of footprint in Lesotho.
“In Lesotho we have two branches in Maseru and 15 Mukuru orange booths across Lesotho and partnered with the post office in the 22 different post offices across Lesotho.
“Some of the places where Mukuru is found are Ketane, Sehonghong and Sehlaba-Thebe Post Office,” Mohapinyane said.
She said the drive for an expansion is to ensure that hard-working people have access to the best services to safely, instantly and conveniently send, and now receive, the money needed to support their loved ones and communities.
She contended thatd Mukuru uses latest mobile and web-based technologies including Cash Stop for both inbound and outbound money transfers, One App for customer registrations (outbound transfers), and WhatsApp for customer self-help and order creation.
“These technologies enable us to deliver the safest and most efficient experience for our customers.
“Our strength lies in our ability to merge the use of these technologies with infrastructure that supports our services on the ground across Africa and globally,” she said
Mohapinyane revealed Mukuru Lesotho’s plan for 2022 is to continue to grow both the inbound and outbound service, whether it be extending its product offering by adding more partners and Orange booths as well as enhancing existing platforms and infrastructure.
“Ultimately, we are driven by the desire to meet our customers’ needs, providing them with access to various financial services regardless of where they are in their journey from the cash to the digital economy,” she said.
People in Lesotho can now send money to Bangladesh, Botswana, Cameroon, China, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
