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SnapScan’s Kobus Ehlers on keeping up with SA’s ever-changing payments landscape [Q&A]
Kobus Ehlers is behind one of South Africa’s top-ranked apps, and arguably the only successful startup to have made mobile payments relevant in the country.
Even though multinational telecom giants like Vodacom struggle to get mobile payments off the ground in the country, SnapScan today boasts over 20 000 merchant clients, ranging from parking marshals to restaurants. While user numbers aren’t disclosed, it’s growing much faster than the merchant clients’.
