Shops run out of Vivacell mobile scratch cards
Customers of the telecommunication company Vivacell have not been able to get scratch cards (airtime) at many shops in Juba for several days now, with only higher-value cards available for purchase.
Many shops have only scratch cards for 50 SSP and 100 SSP and some citizens cannot afford to buy these cards.
Previously, Vivacell company sold scratch cards for 2 SSP, 5 SSP, 10 SSP and 25 SSP but all at the moment are not in the market. Vivacell users are seriously concerned about the trend.
Sources said that the company scheduled a meeting for today to address the shortage in the country.
Alongside Zain and MTN, Vivacell is one of the leading mobile network providers in South Sudan. MTN recently announced it was scaling back its activities and may need to shut down owing to the continuing weakening of the South Sudanese pound.
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