[South Sudan] m–GURUSH launches international remittance service
South Sudan’s first Mobile Money service, m–GURUSH has launched its International remittance service on their Mobile Money Platform.
The service was launched by the Governor of the Bank of South Sudan Hon. Jamal Wani Abdalla. This is yet another ground breaking innovative feature that will enable customers to conveniently send money across Africa and beyond using their mobile phones.
Customers will now be able to send money across East Africa and beyond. The customers will be able to send this money digitally in form of US Dollars or South Sudanese Pounds from their m-GURUSH account from the comfort and safety of their homes.
The international remittance service will enable m-GURUSH registered customers to send and receive money to several countries across the globe using mobile money. “The service will be particularly beneficial to the South Sudanese living in East Africa who will now be able to receive money using the existing mobile money services such as m-Pesa in Kenya and MTN Mobile Money in Uganda. This will further spur socio- economic development in South Sudan and digitally connect South Sudan to her other East African Community counterparts. ” Hon. Jamal Wani Abdalla , the Governor of the Bank of South Sudan said as he officiated the launch of the service.
Depending on the recipient’s destination, the customer, can either send funds directly to a recipient’s bank account or to a mobile wallet. At the same time, the m-GURUSH International remittance service enables the South Sudanese in the diaspora in several countries around the world to send money home.
This is a fast, convenient and secure way to support loved ones by sending funds outside the country or receiving funds back home from outside the country.
The service will be accessed by customers dialing *355# on the Zain network and also through the mGURUSH application which can be downloaded from the Google Play Store.