Johannesburg, Thursday 18 June 2020: South African fintech, Centbee, launched a new feature in its BitcoinSV wallet today that allows you to purchase prepaid electricity, airtime and data. This is the realisation of a dream by co-founders Lorien Gamaroff and Angus Brown, finally making the vision for bitcoin as electronic cash a reality. 

South African Centbee users have been able to top up their wallets with BitcoinSV from over 50 000 retail stores since early 2019 and from their South African bank accounts since February 2020. In addition, BitcoinSV can be bought from South African cryptocurrency exchanges VALR.com and AltCoinTrader and sent to a Centbee wallet in seconds.

How to use Centbee to buy prepaid electricity, airtime and data with BitcoinSV

South African Centbee users will find a new ‘buy’ button in the Centbee app menu where they can purchase prepaid electricity, airtime and data from mobile networks in South Africa. With BitcoinSV already in their wallets, it’s easy to buy electricity, airtime and data in just a few minutes.