Wari Signs Partnership with Rwandan Smartphone Manufacturer

Paris, France, May 16, 2019// – Wari and Mara Phones announced the signing of a strategic partnership to enable delivery of financial and commercial services to Wari clients more effectively through the Mara Phone.

The two African companies aim to collaborate together and develop in the 54 countries of the continent. They both look to preload Wari’s offerings, bundling their services with the Mara Phone to all Wari clients through all of Wari’s locations and distribution channels.
This pan-African collaboration between two major national actors will be highly impactful given that Wari and Mara Phones are committed to doing good and doing well for years now.

Both organization donate a percentage of their profits to charities and other non-profit organizations.

Ashish J. Thakkar, CEO Mara Phones said: “We are extremely excited about this collaboration and we expect to see Wari increase its presence and penetration with the bundling of the Mara Phone.

This announcement is in line with our vision as Mara Phones to partner with service providers like Wari to reach and impact their clients more effectively and efficiently with our state of the art Made in Africa Mara Phones.

Kabirou Mbodje, Wari’s CEO, believes that this partnership represents a good opportunity for Wari to diversify its offer and facilitate the utilization of the MyWari app.

The Mara Phones are the first 100% African built phones and we should be proud of this achievement. As two African champions, we must support each other and multiply African partnerships to create value and increase economic growth.

Instructively, Mara Phones, a subsidiary of Mara Corporation a technology centric, proud African brand, focused on Africa and also some selected other emerging markets.  Integrating technology to enable business growth and prosperity with innovative products and services ​delivered ​in a very localised manner.

Incorporated in 2008, Wari is a digital platform offering value added financial and non-financial services to customers, businesses, Institutions and merchants.

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