Sakura Sanmic Investments Company has introduced eManamba, an online bus ticketing system for Kenya public transport commuters.
Passengers will be able to schedule enquiries, reserve seats and purchase tickets using their mobile payment provider. After authentication of the payment, the online ticket system automatically generates a ticket and sends it to the customer’s email address to be printed out before traveling.
The aim is to cut down on visible long queues and congestion at the main bus station ticketing kiosks.
“Really, what an amazing idea and I really hope we get people using this new service because look around, it’s crazy,” commented a commuter.
“We are not tied to one mobile phone subscriber. We allow everyone to access it from wherever they are. In our payment gateway we have M-Pesa, Zap and Eazzy 24/7. We are in the process of adopting Yu cash,” says Moses Okello, Sakura Sanmic Marketing Manager.
“What we are seeing is the continuation of the Kenyan IT surge and it is going to revolutionize how African telecom is done,” says John Reese, a British-based telecom expert currently visiting Kenya as a government consultant.
By: Janan Yussif – ICT Senior Journalist
