Viettel e-wallet spreads digital payment to African countries
(VOVWORLD) - Lumitel e-wallet, a subsidiary of Viettel Group in Burundi (Africa), has just received a Golden Award in the “fastest growing product” category at the 2019 International Business Awards in Vienna, Austria.
 Viettel e-wallet helps spread digital payment to African countries |
The International Business Awards have been described by the New York Post as the Oscars for international business.
Lumitel began offering e-wallet services in March 2017. At that time, there were 2 e-wallets in Burundi: Ecocash and Smart Pesa. In less than a year Lumitel e-wallet built a distribution channel with nearly 16,800 agents covering 86% of Burundi and became Burundi’s largest mobile money distribution service.