Fawry, the leading company in digital transformation and electronic payments, has announced a partnership with “Shahid,” a foremost Video on Demand (VOD) streaming platform in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, to offer digital payment options for their new VIP mobile package in Egypt. The partnership will allow Fawry to offer digital payment options for their new VIP mobile package in Egypt.
This partnership is one of the steps that Fawry is taking to strengthen its host of services that it provides to its customers. Additionally, this partnership falls in line with Fawry’s pursuit to forge an effective series of agreements and partnerships with various entertainment streaming platforms.
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Here Is How The Partnership Will Work
- Shahid, a streaming service, has made its VIP package accessible on smart phones in Egypt. This enables Shahid customers to experience Shahid originals and a huge and varied catalogue of entertainment content, ranging from series to movies and LIVE channels, whenever and wherever they choose.
- Users who are interested in subscribing to the VIP mobile package can do so by making a payment of 20 Egyptian Pounds (EGP) using any one of Fawry’s many payment options, such as the myFawry app, any of the FawryPlus locations located around Egypt, or Fawry’s point of sale terminals.
Heba El Awady, Chief Business Officer-Acceptance at Fawry, said: “With the recent uptick in subscribers of digital platforms and entertainment streaming services, Fawry had to follow a strategy, where it forges a series of effective agreements and partnerships with the entertainment streaming services, which gives us a new segment of users, thus we are proud of our partnerships with Shahid, the world’s leading Arabic streaming platform. We aim to offer a unique and rich experience to their customers, with special content.”
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Scott Weeman, Head of B2B & Partnership at Shahid, added: “We are delighted to expand our partnership with Fawry, a leader in digital transformation and electronic payments in Egypt, with a large user base and extensive payment facilities. We are excited about the appeal of VIP Mobile for Fawry users, as we aim to make Shahid’s premium content available to a broader segment of Egyptian consumers through easy and smooth payment methods”.
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