Powertel introduces prepaid electricity scratch cards

Zesa subsidiary Powertel Communication is introducing prepaid electricity scratch cards will soon be availed at street corners, retail outlets, shops, general dealers, kiosks and hairdressing salons, under a campaign dubbed Magetsi Kwese Kwese.

When reached for comment by NewsDay on how the Powerplus recharge cards work, Powertel Communications marketing manager Prosper Mutswiri explained:

One simply buys their scratch card from their nearest vendor and scratches on the sealed panel to reveal the voucher number. You then send an SMS to ‘434’ (currently redeemable on NetOne, Telecel and Powertel’s 08611 numbers – more platforms to be availed soon) in the format: zetdc*vouchernumber*meternumber eg zetdc*123456789*375900000 and send to 434. You will receive your SMS with the token number and topup your electricity on the stated meter.

He explained that one does not require to be online to receive a recharge token and that the system is fool-proof and secure as all top-up scratch cards are encrypted and have a unique serial and batch number.

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