Vodafone M-Pesa SA, a subsidiary of Vodacom Mozambique and Farmácias de Moçambique, S.A. (FARMAC, S.A.) celebrate this Thursday, at the headquarters of Vodacom, a memorandum of understanding that seals a partnership between the two entities that will allow users of pharmacies of FARMAC, throughout the country, to pay for their medicines through M-Pesa.

With this partnership Vodafone M-Pesa, SA reinforces its role in making the lives of Mozambicans easier by providing an easy-to-use, fast and secure financial service. This integration was made possible thanks to OPEN API, an open platform that allows any product and/or service provider to integrate and make collections from M-Pesa.

In turn, the more than 5 million clients of Vodafone M-Pesa, SA now have another alternative for making payments, in person (at the cash point), in pharmacies of FARMAC, S.A.

By integrating to this platform, FARMAC guarantees the reduction of queues in pharmacies, fast and secure access to the amounts collected, better management of cash flows as well as the settlement of amounts directly to their bank accounts.

"With this partnership we reiterate our greatest commitment, which is to contribute to the development of Mozambican society, ensuring that it is possible to move money easily, quickly, and safely, thus promoting financial inclusion.

The initiative represents a decisive step towards achieving one of our noblest purposes: the continuous expansion of our services to ensure that M-Pesa is available to all Mozambicans.

It also represents a gain for all of us, because we not only become part of the lives of Mozambicans, but we also support so that they can purchase their medicines and pay in a simple and fast way in any corner of the country," said Tawanda Gota, acting general manager of Vodafone M-Pesa.

"In recent times, FARMAC has been developing and adopting strategies to benefit the company's various stakeholders. Internally and externally we have marked several transformations in order to satisfy the desires of our users.

Today, we find ourselves with a considerable number of properly stocked pharmacies in a position to respond positively to a prescription at a rate above 80%.

Also in the same vein, the company invested in 2019 in the assembly and operationalization of a Manipulated Drug Preparation Unit for magisterial prescriptions as well as providing therapeutic alternatives.

Today, we are honored to join Vodafone M-Pesa, in recognition of the role and relevance demonstrated by this service in the country, in the expectation of providing the users of our pharmacies with alternative means of payment when acquiring drugs," said Eusébio Macete, General Director of FARMAC, S.A.