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Glossary
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Word
Definition
ticketing
For events and transport, includes
sport, travel, entertainment, lifestyle
and expos
TJ
Transaction Junction Proprietary
Limited
touch points
Devices through which consumers are
able to purchase Blue Label products
and services
TPC
The Prepaid Company Proprietary
Limited
TPPC
The Post Paid Company Proprietary
Limited
transactional
services
Includes money transfers, payments
of bills and the like
unbanked
People without bank accounts
underbanked/
badly banked
People with poor access to
mainstream financial services, such as
banks and therefore rely on
alternative financial services or
alternatively people with bank
accounts who do not make effective
use of the broader services offered by
the bank – they merely deposit and
withdraw cash from their accounts
UniPIN
Universal PIN for prepaid electricity
USSD
Unstructured supplementary service
data
value added
Measure of wealth the Group has
created in its operation by “adding
value” to the cost of products and
services
VAS
Value-added services
Viamedia
Viamedia Proprietary Limited
virtual distributor
Distribution of e-tokens of value in
electronic format
virtual prepaid
airtime
Airtime top-up in an electronic format
WAP
Wireless application protocol
WASP
Wireless application service provider
WASPA
Wireless Application Service Providers
Association
ZOK
ZOK Cellular Proprietary Limited