Comviva to create jobs in Africa

BANGALORE: Mobile solutions provider, Comviva said it would create employment for 200 people in its first phase of hiring in Africa. “We have already made over 35 offers to fresh technical graduates in East Africa”, Sandyp Bhattacharya, Vice President - HR, Comviva, said

“Today Comviva is the largest Indian VAS player in Africa, with over 30% of our revenue coming from the African continent. We are in the process of expanding our pan-Africa operations significantly and as part of this further expansion, we are building our ecosystem partners in the VAS space”, said Manoranjan Mohapatra, CEO, Comviva said in a press statement.

The solutions provider works with Airtel Africa, MTN, Tigo and Safaricom and has won a deal with Airtel Africa to provide end-to-end management of Airtel Africa’s VAS services. As part of the five-year deal, Comviva will manage all VAS nodes across Airtel’s 16 operations in Africa.