JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African company Econoserv has announced it has successfully implemented a business solution in Nigeria.
GeeSM is a Nigerian business selling virtual airtime. It recruits agents who go into businesses with only their mobile phones as equipment. The agents use short message service (SMS) as a means of ordering virtual airtime from the GeeSM system, using technology developed by Econoserv. Using SMS, the agent is able to order any combination of airtime vouchers, which are then delivered within 30 seconds back to the cell phone in the form of airtime and reference codes. The agent is able to instantly sell the stock of airtime at a profit.
“We developed the technology for our client who used it initially in South Africa. Their business in SA has been operating for over a year and is operating successfully,” said Keith Levenstein, managing director of Econoserve.
