Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Nairobi, Kenya; Kampala, Uganda – 23 September 2009

Leading mobile telecommunications provider Zain today announces the revolutionary enhancement of Zap, its rapidly expanding mobile banking service currently available  to over 100 million people in East Africa and run in partnership with CitiBank and Standard Chartered Bank. From today Zap customers can swiftly and securely receive money from any bank account around the world and easily send money to any bank in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. This is the first time in the world any mobile bank account has been configured so that its users can receive funds from anywhere in the world directly to their mobile handset as well as send funds directly to their Bank accounts.

In addition Zap allows customers to use their mobile phone 24 hours a day to:

• Manage their bank accounts
• Pay for goods and services and settle their utility bills
• Receive Zap money - and send Zap money to their friends and family
• Top up their airtime account - or top up someone else's
• Check their balance and keep on top of their payments 

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