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Key facts
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FOUNDED
Mark Levy and Brett Levy in 2001 |
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TIMELINE
Listed on the JSE in 2007 as BLU
Maiden dividend paid in 2010
Share buyback executed in 2011
ADRs launched in 2013
Acquisitions completed of Retail Mobile
Credit Specialists and Viamedia
in 2014 |
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FISCAL 2014
Revenue: R19.4 billion
Gross profit: R1.35 billion
EBITDA: R788 million
EMPLOYEES GROUP-WIDE
1 738
HEADQUARTERS
Johannesburg, with offices
throughout South Africa
OPERATIONS
South Africa, India, Mexico and
United Kingdom
POINTS OF PRESENCE
In excess of 150 000 in
South Africa, 130 000 in India
and 90 000 in Mexico
TRANSACTIONS
±400 million separate monthly
transactions, 80 million bulk
print vouchers distributed per month |
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BUSINESS MODEL
The high volume distribution and sale of e-tokens
of value and complementary services leveraging off
a favourable working capital cycle. Long-term
contracts with suppliers of products and services
underpin the model.
TARGET MARKETS
Focused on serving the total domestic market, in
particular unbanked or badly banked consumers,
both locally and internationally.
REVENUE SHARE
Rand value of airtime sales per network
| DECEMBER 2013 – MAY 2014 |
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| JUNE – NOVEMBER 2013 |
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