Vodacom, which has a market value of R208 billion on the JSE, operates alongside Safaricom as a purpose-driven African connectivity, digital and fintech provider.
Owned by UK-based Vodafone, Vodacom has a customer base of 185.8 million across the consumer and business sectors, and oversees some companies that may surprise you.
- mezzanine
Vodacom's 'Technology for Good' platform helps diversify revenue and drive social good.
The company actively contributes to building a digital society by developing solutions across critical sectors such as agriculture, education and healthcare.
Mezzanine, a subsidiary of Vodacom, is a key enabler of its 'Technology for Good' solutions in these industries, partnering with Vodafone-owned companies and external companies to deliver platform-as-a-service (Paas) and We offer software as software. a-service (Saas) solution.
Mezzanine is an African technology startup supported and scaled by Vodacom and Vodafone with the aim of building productive societies across Africa.
The company's healthcare platform HealthX (previously known as mVacciNation) supports the South African government's national COVID-19 vaccination program. Over the year, 38.8 million vaccination events were supported and more than 22.7 million people were vaccinated.
Mezzanine is expanding the smart agriculture platform. Connected Farmer is a digital platform that increases the productivity, profitability, and resilience of smallholder farmers by connecting them to information, inputs, credit, and buyers at scale. More than 5 million farmers use the agricultural platform in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia (2022: 1.4 million).
Additionally, MyFarmWeb leverages IoT to enhance data-driven decision-making and support commercial farms adopting precision farming practices.
Mezzanine supported the South African Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development and the Solidarity Fund to subsidize smallholder farmers through electronic vouchers. e-Voucher's mobile and web-based solutions enable cashless distribution of value to these farmers, who redeemed their vouchers worth over R9 million in 2023.
In Tanzania, Mezzanine is accelerating the rollout of M-Kulima, an easy-to-use agricultural system that enables communication and transactions between businesses, governments, and farmers. Currently, 3.2 million farmers are registered on the platform, through which they can access financing and insurance advisory services.
Vodacom partners with Eskom to source electricity from independent renewable generators. The program is underpinned by an innovative virtual ride-hailing platform developed by Mezzanine, a Vodacom subsidiary. This will feed renewable electricity into the national electricity grid, closely matching our energy consumption profile and offsetting emissions from electricity.
“Our virtual ride-hailing solution provides an opportunity to follow suit with similar decentralized operations. Through this initiative, we believe the private sector can contribute to solving South Africa’s energy crisis,” Vodacom said. I am.
2.IoT.nxt
IoT.nxt, a subsidiary of Vodacom, is a global IoT company that provides a dynamic application enablement platform consisting of software, middleware, hardware, and analytics services. Our solutions are deployed in 11 industries around the world.
As part of the Vodafone family, IoT.nxt continues to pioneer industrial enterprise-grade applications and advanced solutions powered by IoT, digital twins and machine learning.
Last year, IoT.nxt partnered with Vantage Towers, a provider of passive wireless infrastructure. (towers, masts, rooftop sites, distributed antenna systems (DAS), and small cells)), driving the digital transformation of the wireless communications industry.
Together, the companies are deploying secure digital solutions for remote management of field sensors, passive devices, and alarms. It leverages the power of IoT.nxt's proven technology to streamline processes, reduce manual intervention, and increase efficiency. , downtime is reduced and maintenance costs are reduced.
More than 700 in the initial stage So far, the site has been rolled out in three countries: Spain, Ireland, and Portugal. This rollout will soon be expanded to other markets.
This partnership is part of Vantage Towers' strategy to become a fully digital TowerCo, setting a new standard in the industry by providing a more modern and technologically advanced approach to communications tower management and operations. Masu. IoT.nxt's proven solution capabilities are helping Vantage Towers achieve this strategy, while solving current operational needs and enabling the rapid addition of new capabilities in the future.
3. Vodacom's business
