African digital payments company, DPO Group, has launched an e-commerce store. Powered by Mastercard payments gateway technology, the platform will enable merchants across Africa to swiftly move their businesses online and continue to trade with their customers.
DPO Group is a leading African payment service provider (PSP) which has developed the technology to enable businesses and individuals across the continent to make payments online and offline with all currencies and payment methods.
The end to end e-commerce solution, called the DPO Store is available in the 19 countries in which DPO operates. Initially targeted at essential services such as supermarkets, food stores, pharmacies and chemists, merchants are provided with a free website and an integrated digital payments function which is fully connected to the DPO and Mastercard payments gateway platform meaning that all forms of payment including cards and mobile money can be accepted.
The website is customised for each merchant to reflect their brand and it includes stock management capability, a stock-alert system when product inventory runs low and real-time order management.
Since the product was soft launched in Kenya on 1st of April, thousands of transactions have taken place.
In 2018, DPO Group and Mastercard entered into a partnership whereby DPO is authorised to act as a Pan-African payments switch via Mastercard Payments Gateway Services, meaning it can independently authorise transactions with no need for bank integration.
Currently, 55 businesses providing essential products and services such as supermarkets, restaurants, groceries, pharmaceuticals and fresh produce have already signed up to the DPO Store in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia as consumers increasingly turn to e-commerce for their day to day transactions.
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