Comviva to create employment opps in Africa

Comviva intends to create multiple job opportunities in the telecom sector across Africa. As part of this initiative, it will be creating employment for close to 200 people in its first phase of hiring in Africa.

“Today Comviva is the largest Indian VAS player in Africa, with over 30 per cent of our revenue coming from the African continent. We are in the process of expanding our pan-Africa operations significantly and as part of this further expansion, we are building our ecosystem partners in the VAS space”, said Manoranjan Mohapatra, CEO, Comviva. He added that the company's goal is to enhance the capability of the workforce in the VAS domain and thereby help spread knowledge, better customer experience and overall prosperity in the region.

As part of the five-year deal, Comviva will manage all VAS nodes across Airtel's 16 operations in Africa. Earlier this year, Comviva partnered with leading content aggregators to further strengthen its content portfolio offering in the region.

Sandyp Bhattacharya, VP- HR, Comviva, said, “With our strong growth in Africa we expect to significantly increase the employment opportunities, especially when we combine all the direct and indirect partners who will work with us to build our Africa business. We plan to create jobs for 200 people in the first phase, creating employment opportunities for talented individuals and providing all necessary training for people recruited directly from schools and colleges. We have already made over 35 offers to fresh technical graduates in East Africa”.