“ Where it formerly took up to a week from loan application to completion we can now turn it round in hours and pay the customer via mobile money ”
— Mustafa Sachak , CEO , Masawara PLC ( MASA )
reservoir of technical expertise and product knowledge .”
Within Zimbabwe itself , the backing of Sanlam increases client confidence in the long-term stability of the business , an important asset in the prevailing economic environment . For its part , Sanlam has gained valuable access to a company that has proved it can thrive and grow in a difficult economic environment , and to a valuable source of talent to support its own growth . It ’ s worth mentioning here that as well as the data and services that exist within Zimnat and Sanlam , Zimnat ’ s majority shareholder the Mauritius-based
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