-By Oriade Ayomide
Orange said the new service is intended to help friends and family in different countries stay in touch, and provides a simple way to gift credit to different countries.
The service will be available in five languages – English, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese – and payments can be made in euros, US dollars or South African rand.
Customers of a range of mobile networks in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe will all be able to benefit from the service; with other counties scheduled to join the service soon.
Orange will charge a transaction fee for each credit top-up, which will be displayed at the time of purchase, alongside the amount of local currency credit which will arrive with the recipient.