This is a merchant led promotion aimed to incentivize LIPA na M-PESA- Buy Goods, M-PESA Business till and Pochi la Biashara merchants to accept payments through M-PESA.

The promotion is open to all Lipa Na M-PESA Buy Goods tills, M-PESA Business till and Pochi la Biashara merchants that are existing, inactive, and new ones that will be onboarded during the promotion period.

The promotion will run for 8 weeks from 15^th November 2021 to 10^th January 2022.

Merchants will be automatically enrolled in the promotion on the first date and will receive this notification:

 “Dear Merchant, you have successfully opted into the Merchant Promo. Transact on LIPA na M-PESA to win prizes!”

Note: The sender ID for Buy Goods and Business Till is: M-PESAPROMO and M-PESA Pochi for Pochi la Biashara merchants respectively.

Participating merchants will earn points in the Biashara ni LIPA Na M-PESA Promotion for the following transactions:

1. Merchant receiving payments into till;

2. Merchant paying to customer;

3. Merchant paying to another merchant;

4. Merchant paying to paybill;

5. Merchant sell airtime

1. Pochi la biashara merchants can accumulate and redeem their points for cash or enter the daily, weekly or grand draw.

**Only Pochi la Biashara merchants will be able to redeem their points for cash credited into their tills.

 2. Buy Goods and Business Till merchants will accumulate points and will be entered into a daily, weekly or grand draw, where they stand a chance to win daily, weekly or grand prizes.

Note: Additionally, Pochi and M-PESA Business till merchants will earn 2 mins of talk time daily for the first 3 transactions of Ksh50 and above (maximum of 6 mins daily)

1. Lipa Na M-PESA Buy goods and M-PESA Business Till merchants will:

• Dial *234# and select M-PESA promotions

• Select Merchant Promo

• Enter Store number

• Select check points and will receive an SMS with the points earned as follows:

“Your current Promo Points balance is balance is XXX. Keep transacting to win working capital and other prizes!”

 2. Pochi la Biashara merchants will:

• Dial *334# and select Pochi La Biashara

• Select Merchant Promo

• Select Check Point and will receive an SMS with the points earned as follows:

“Your current Promo Points balance is balance is XXX. Keep transacting to redeem Cash or win prizes!”

• Buy goods and Business Till merchants will dial *234#

  • Select M-PESA promotions>> Select check prizes

  • Enter Store number, and the prizes to be won will be displayed

• Pochi la Biashara merchants will, dial *334#

  • Select Merchant Promo

  • Select Check prizes and the prizes to be won will be displayed

To redeem the points Pochi La Biashara merchants will:

• Dial *334#

• Select Pochi>> Select Merchant Promo

• Select Redeem points>> The balance of points earned will be displayed

• Enter points to be redeemed and you will receive an SMS confirmation that the points have been redeemed successfully

“Your redemption request was successful. KSH 2500 has been paid to your account with transaction OIA34GF90B. Your new points balance is KSh 2500. Stand a chance to win in the draw!”

You will also receive an M-PESA SMS confirming that the points redeemed for cash have been credited to your Pochi wallet:

“OIA34GF90B Confirmed. on 21/10/2021 at 3:29PM KSh 2500 received from M-PESA Merchant Promo. New M-PESA Business Balance is Ksh 8020.00.”

Pochi la Biashara merchants and M-PESA Business till merchants will earn 2 mins of talk time daily for the first 3 transactions (maximum of 6 mins daily).

In addition, the following prizes will be won by all participating merchants:

Pochi La Biashara merchants can redeem their points as many times as they wish after attaining the minimum redemption points.

Note: minimum redemption points is 1 point.

Pochi la Biashara merchants will receive payments from the B2C number 783618 - Biashara ni M-PESA.

Sample message:

“OIA34GF90B Confirmed. on 21/10/2021 at 3:29PM KSh 2500 received from M-PESA Merchant Promo. New M-PESA Business Balance is Ksh 8020.00.

Yes, to opt out of the promotion, M-PESA Business till and Buy Goods merchants will dial *234# and:

• Select M-PESA promotions
• Select Merchant Promo
• Enter Store number and select opt out

The merchant will be opted out and any points earned will be lost.

Pochi la Biashara merchants will dial *334#

• select Pochi la Biashara
• Select merchant Promo
• Select opt out to be successfully opted out;

Note: if opting out with points; the merchant will be redirected to redeem points

Yes, auto redemption will be available for Pochi la Biashara merchants. 

Note: Buy Goods and M-PESA Business till merchants who opt out will lose their points

Yes, where a transaction is reversed points earned by the merchant will also be reversed.

• In addition, where a transaction done by the merchant is also reversed, the corresponding points will also be reversed.

Winning merchants will be called by the only official Safaricom number – 0722000000 to be informed their winnings.

*Customers are advised not to give their personal information to anyone purporting to be calling from Safaricom.

Customers can contact Safaricom through:

• Whitelisted merchants can call Line 2222 or an email to mpesabusiness@safaricom.co.ke

• Pochi la Biashara merchants can call line 234 for assistance.

• Visit any Safaricom retail shops, or access any Safaricom Social Media channels:

  • Twitter - @safaricomPLC // @Safaricom_Care

  • Facebook - SafaricomPLC