Sponsors and Exhibitors at MMT Africa 2010
Silver Sponsor
Gemalto
Gemalto is the leader in digital security with pro forma 2007 annual revenues of over €1.6 billion, more than 85 offices in 40 countries and about 10,000 employees including 1,300 R&D engineers.
In a world where the digital revolution is increasingly transforming our lives, Gemalto's solutions are designed to make personal digital interactions more convenient, secure and enjoyable.
Gemalto provides end-to-end digital security solutions, from the development of software applications through design and production of secure personal devices such as smart cards, SIMs, e-passports, and tokens to the deployment of managed services for its customers.
More than a billion people worldwide use the company's products and services for telecommunications, financial services, e-government, identity management, multimedia content, digital rights management, IT security, mass transit and many other applications.
www.gemalto.com.
Bronze Sponsor
Craft Silicon
Craft Silicon is financial software Solutions Company with offices in Nairobi, the US and a development center in Bangalore.
A 175 strong team of professionals has till date delivered & deployed product-based and customized solutions in over 200 sites covering banks, Micro- finance institutions and other financial organizations. Our sites are in over 20 countries and in 4 continents. Our solution runs in 4 different languages (English, French, Spanish and Russian).
Electronic and mobile delivery channels are basic to the facilities every bank wants to give its customers today and is an inherent feature of our solution offering.
Seamless
Seamless is specialized in solutions for Mobile Money and prepaid e-Top Up.
The MolletTM is a consumer friendly Mobile Wallet for transfer of money and mobile payments. The software platform to host The MolletTM is the industry recognized ERS 360˚, a scalable and versatile hub that seamlessly connects all entities in a mobile money eco-system.
For Top Up, the ERS 360° hosts modules for distribution through retail chains, banks, street resellers etc. Seamless provides point-of-sale options for Top Up as well as cash withdrawal and deposit.
Seamless has deployed solutions for 40 operators in 18 countries across 4 continents. www.seamless.se.
PayPal
PayPal is the faster, safer way to pay and get paid online. The service allows members to send money without sharing financial information, with the flexibility to pay using their account balances, bank accounts, credit cards or promotional financing. With more than 81 million active accounts in 190 markets and 24 currencies around the world, PayPal enables global ecommerce. PayPal is an eBay company and is made up of three leading online payment services: the PayPal global payment service, the Payflow Gateway and Bill Me Later. The company's open payment platform, PayPal X, allows developers to build innovative payment applications on multiple platforms and devices. More information about the company can be found at https://www.paypal.com.
Lanyard Sponsor
MoneyGram International
MoneyGram International offers more control and more choices for people separated from friends and family by distance or those with limited bank relationships to meet their financial needs. A leading global provider of money transfer services, MoneyGram International helps consumers to safely send money around the world with funds arriving at available agent locations in as little as 10 minutes (subject to agent hours of operation and local regulations). Its global network is comprised of 180,000 agent locations in nearly 190 countries and territories. MoneyGram's convenient and reliable network includes retailers, international post offices and financial institutions. To learn more about money transfer at an agent location, please visit www.moneygram.com.
Drinks Reception Sponsor
PayNet
The Paynet Group comprises of three well known brands that have been at the centre of the booming financial services sector in East Africa; Paynet Kenya, EFT Kenya and PesaPoint. Today the Group connects with and provides a range of transactional services to more than 40 financial institutions across Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania as well as connections to major prepaid and post paid billers.
The Paynet Group is positioned as the natural aggregator and is an attractive partner to new financial service providers. The world acclaimed integration with M-Pesa allows M-Pesa customers to daw cardless withdrawals at PesaPoint ATM's.
Exhibitors
Estel Technologies
Estel Technologies provides innovative software technology & services to Telecom Operators, Banks & their Service Providers, with a special focus on Asia, Africa, Middle East & CIS countries. Our headquarters & the main development cum delivery center is located in India, with sales offices in South Asia, Dubai & Africa.
Our Mobile Commerce Suite enables the following services:
- Mobile Remittances: money transfer using mobiles
- Micro Banking: branchless banking for the un-banked (via mobile wallets)
- Salary disbursements into subscriber mobile wallets
- Mobile Payments
- Mobile Banking
- e-voucher, e-top up
- Balance Transfer & Emergency Credit
Mi-Pay
Mi-Pay provides an innovative range of products and services that enable consumers around the world to undertake safe and secure financial transactions from their mobile phones. Based in the UK, Mi-Pay also has offices in Dubai, Romania, India and Pakistan, bringing a global perspective to the provision of secure transactions from the consumer's handset through to settlement. Mi-Pay has vast expertise and service offerings that span pre-pay topups, mobile initiated payments, mobile banking, mobile money transfer, handset based authentication and consultancy. For more information visit: www.mi-pay.com.
Mobikash
MobiKash is sponsored by MobiCom Africa Limited, which is currently rolling out across Sub Sahara Africa. MobiKash deploys the Sybase 365 mobiliser platform in partnership with Sybase Inc.
Mobikash is the all in one, independent, mobile commerce and banking solution in the region, giving access and control of money no matter which bank, or mobile network one uses.
MobiKash allows users to manage and conveniently perform a wide range of financial transactions from their mobile phone, POS terminal, ATM, and over the internet. It works on all mobile phones which readily connect to Banks, MFIs, SACCOs and Billers or merchants.
Monitise
Monitise plc (MONI.L), the mobile money people, has created the world's first mobile banking network, which allows customers of multiple banks and mobile operators to perform banking and payment transactions directly from their mobile handset.
With live services in the UK and the USA, where it has delivered the MONILINK and Monitise networks in partnership with VocaLink and Metavante Corporation respectively, the Company is currently working with international partners to deliver similar safe, secure mobile banking & payment services in territories worldwide.
Current key partners include VocaLink, Metavante, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, first direct, Alliance & Leicester, Royal Bank of Scotland, NatWest, Vodafone, Orange, O2, T-Mobile and Hutchison 3G.
Triple Jump
Triple Jump Advisory Services (TJAS) is a leading global capacity-building foundation that has served 30 microfinance institutions that collectively serve over 2 million clients, representing mainly the poorest of the poor. Triple Jump Advisory Services has provided grants and implemented mobile banking services (using Safaricom, MTN, Vodacom) for various microfinance Institutions in Africa. Based on our experience we know how to best analyse the local market, mobile network operator offerings, consumer needs and integrate mobile banking both operationally and technically at MFIs. For our mobile banking projects we deploy a thorough methodology to ensure successful implementation. Our approach includes, for example, identifying business change requirements, best-practice planning, service specifications, regulation impact, agent network analysis, mobile network operator partnering, technical implementation and staff training. With this approach, Triple Jump Advisory Services seeks to have a real economic and social impact in emerging markets by harnessing entrepreneurial spirit and technology.
For more information please contact: advisoryservices@triplejump.eu or visit us at: http://www.triplejump.eu
