Mariam Cassim

Chief Executive Officer, Vodacom Fintech Group and Group Partnerships, Vodacom Fintech

Mariam Cassim is Chief Executive Officer, Vodacom Fintech Group and Group Partnerships of Vodacom Fintech.

Vodacom Fintech Group is the financial services arm of the Vodacom telecoms group, running the VodaPay super app in South Africa and M-Pesa in its other markets. Cassim joined Vodacom in November 2016 and led the turnaround of what was a loss-making financial services unit.

In the job

  1. Vodacom launched the VodaPay super app, with about 70 businesses signed up or committed to building mini programs in it. Source

  2. Vodacom reported that financial services customers rose 13.1% to 93.7 million in the six months to September 2025, and that South African financial services revenue grew 6.3% to R1.8 billion. Source

  3. Safaricom appointed Cassim and Vodacom colleague Matimba Mbungela as non-executive directors, effective 13 August 2026. Source

Career before

  1. Corporate finance roles, about seven years
  2. Insurance business background before joining Vodacom
  3. 2016Joined Vodacom's financial services unit
  4. Chief officer, Vodacom Financial and Digital Services
  5. Chief executive officer, Vodacom Fintech Group and Group Partnerships

Education

Chartered Accountant (CA SA); MBA (cum laude), University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business

Sources

  1. vodacom.com
  2. vodacom.com
  3. connectingafrica.com
  4. itweb.africa
  5. techcentral.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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