Business
Connexion (BCX) Tanzania's
Sales & marketing Senior Manager, Ebenezer Massawe (centre)
demonstrates to
reporters(not in the picture) on how to use BCX's newly launched service
dubbed
'Uhuru Pay' during the launch in Dar es salaam today. 'Uhuru Pay' is a
service
meant to give the Daladala
commuters in Dar es salaam an option of paying for their bus fare by
using a card. Left to right are;-The BCX Tanzania Managing Director, Mr.
Seronga Wangwe, SUMATRA’s Manager
for Roads Technical, Safety & Environmental Regulation, Geoffrey
Silanda
and The Executive Director of
Christiania Group of companies, Emmanuel Mlaponi.
The BCX Tanzania Managing Director, Mr. Seronga Wangwe congratulates The
Executive Director of Christiania Group of companies, Emmanuel Mlaponi
who joined forces with BCX to install the Uhuru Pay service in the
company buses which use the Tegeta Nyuki and Kivukoni route in Dar es
salaam. Looking on right is SUMATRA’s Manager for Roads Technical, Safety & Environmental Regulation, Geoffrey Silanda.
'Uhuru Pay' will extend to other areas in the city after the pilot project on the above mentioned route becomes successful.
SUMATRA’s Manager for Roads Technical, Safety & Environmental Regulation, Geoffrey Silanda speaks during the event.
08th November 2017, Dar es Salaam-The Daladala commuters in Dar es
Salaam will no longer worry about carrying cash or the inconvenience of conductors
not having enough change for them but also daladala owners will now start to
see the return on their investments, all thanks to the introduction of the electronic
fare collection system launched by BCX under its Uhuru Pay product.
Tanzania becomes the fourth country in Africa where this payment service becomes fully operational after Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique that have already started using it.
The newly introduced electronic
ticketing system is meant to give the new option to Daladala commuters in Dar
es Salaam to pay bus fare by using a card. As a pilot project the system will first be
introduced on the Tegeta Nyuki and Kivukoni route before extending to other
areas in the City.
Speaking at a press briefing in Dar
es Salaam yesterday, The BCX Tanzania Managing Director, Mr. Seronga Wangwe said
the introduction of Uhuru Pay aims to offer convenience when it comes to paying
the bus fare for the daladala commuters in the City while also ensuring that
passengers board them in a calm and peaceful manner, consequently the bus
owners will have their return on investment due to more control and visibility
of the revenues collected.
“All Daladala commuters in Dar es
salaam will no longer worry about carrying cash or the inconvenience of
conductors not having enough change for them once they use our ‘Uhuru Pay’ card
to pay for bus fare when boarding the daladalas, and customers of the buses
will also be able to get different offers onto their cards such a free trip
rides and bonuses.
He believes that this new system will
be embraced by Tanzanians as their habits change and embrace other forms of
payments other than cash. This is something that developed nations have done
for decades now, but the recent trends of payments through mobile money and the
use of cards show that the Uhuru Pay card is something that Tanzanians now need
to complement their lifestyles.
For his part, the BCX Tanzania Sales
and Marketing Senior Manager, Ebenezer Massawe said, the project has been under
development for quite some time, and has been through various phases of testing
to ensure that all components are working as required.
“The system has now been tested
thoroughly, and is fully compliant with all laws and regulations, as well as
requirements of all the parties involved. We are now ready for the roll out,”
said Mr. Massawe.
Describing how the system works, Mr.
Massawe said that, the electronic system will be synchronized with the owners
so that they can directly monitor the daily ticket sales which is what owners
are missing as of today business model.
He said commuters have the option of
paying using the Uhuru Pay card which will be available at the various daladala
stations in the city.
He also made it clear that Uhuru Pay is
BCX’s product, which incorporates financial solutions provided by the company to
its clients to ease the burden on cash collection management as well.
“As for now the Uhuru Pay card will
be used for Daladala commuter services but with time, more services will be
accessed using the card including Payment for shopping in supermarkets, Car
fuel, sending money to all networks and bank accounts, bill payments for
services like LUKU, DAWASCO, NHC, AzamTV, ZUKU, Startimes, DSTV, etc” he said.
SUMATRA’s Manager for Roads, Technical, Safety & Environmental Regulation, Geoffrey Silanda said the system will enhance revenue collections
as commuter bus owners will have to pay government taxes in accordance with
their daily ticket sales.
“The government has not been
collecting enough revenues from the commuter services and so we decided to
support this new technology so as to ensure that the Government collects enough
taxes,” said Silanda, adding that once the system is operational drivers as
well as conductors will enter into the formal sector.
He added that through the new system,
it will be easier to control traffic on the registered routes as the system can
clearly tell which route is crowded and which one is free.
Speaking on behalf of bus owners, Emmanuel
Mlaponi, The Executive Director of Christiania Group of companies appealed to more
bus owners to support ‘Uhuru Pay’ If at all they are going to experience the return
on their investment as well as more control and visibility of the revenues.
-ENDS-
ABOUT BCX
Based in Dar es Salaam since its
inception in 2000, BCX Tanzania has developed into a specialist in the financial
industry, and is fast becoming a leader in the country’s data Centre provision.
Our team at BCX Tanzania is strategically involved in the businesses of a
diverse range of clients across multiple industries, but none more so than the financial
sector.
We offer a financial services
platform and services used by various organizations and financial institutions
for payments, mobile applications, and banking systems. We worked hard to
develop the BCX Financial Services Ecosystem (FSE), which, in partnership with
banks and mobile operators around Tanzania, allows people to make transactions
at home or at remote Point of Sale (POS) terminals.
Our tier II data centre in Kibaha and
Mikocheni has many attributes of tier III, which we aim to achieve in the near
future.
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