All Canal Plus Rwanda subscribers are now able to renew their pay or their subscriptions using Airtel Money, courtesy of a new partnership signed with Airtel Rwanda.
The agreement was signed on Tuesday, September 21 and followed by a joint press conference held at Canal Plus headquarters in Kigali.
The partnership among other things, aims at providing Canal Plus clients a simpler, instant and secure payment method through the use of Airtel Money.
Airtel and Canal Plus MDs fostering a partnership that will allow Canal Plus clients pay and renew their subscriptions using Airtel Money. Photo by Dan Nsengiyumva
Speaking during the press conference, Canal Plus Rwanda Managing Director, Sophie Tchatchoua, expressed gratitude towards the partnership.
"I am really glad that Canal Plus clients are allowed to renew their subscription using Airtel Money services,” she said.
This integration of their mutual services, she continued, ‘makes life easier for our beloved customers who can now recharge and instantly regain access to our content without physically visiting one of our branches.”
She also highlighted that this is the first time Canal Plus and Airtel are entering partnership in Rwanda, but the two operators are in partnership in other African countries including in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Madagascar.
The two MDs signing the mutual agreement at Canal plus. Photo by Dan Nsengiyumva
Hammez Emmanuel, the Managing Director of Airtel Rwanda also welcomed the partnership, stressing his telecom operator’s will to help Rwandans access the content they need.
"We really want to play a role in content distribution to Rwandans as long as mobile money services are concerned,” he highlighted.
The partnership comes in on the heels of an ongoing Airtel Money campaign called Free P2P which enables all Airtel money customers to send and receive any amount of money free of charge.
To renew or pay the subscription, you need to dial *500*4*3*2*4*1#
Apart from Airtel, Canal Plus clients can also buy their subscription using MTN mobile money and points of sales.
Canal Plus Rwanda is the subsidiary of Canal + International, the first paid TV operator in 25 African countries.
It has a trilingual package with 200 channels in French, English and Kinyarwanda with affordable bouquets starting from Rwf5,000.