Are you looking to buy tickets for the Warriors vs Congo match on the 24th of March? If the answer is “Yes” you don’t need to stress yourself as the tickets are now available at ZIFA offices and other outlets for physical copies as well as ZIFA website and Click and Pay website for electronic copies.
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) have embraced modern online technology by availing the Warriors Afcon Qualifier tickets for the first time through the Click and Pay platform where fans can purchase their tickets via their mobile gadgets.
No need to wait for the matchday to procure your ticket.
The Zimbabwe National Football team, the Warriors are set to square off against Congo Brazzaville in their hotly anticipated final qualifier group game at the National Sports stadium on the 24th of March.
The Warriors are short of a point to qualify for the 2019 AFCON Cup to be held in Egypt.
And ahead of the game, ZIFA announced for the first time that it would be selling pre-match tickets both physically and online through the Click and Pay platform.
However, with the local football fraternity relatively new to this technologically advanced system, SportBrief caught up with Click and Pay CEO Lee Masuka to get an understanding of how this platform is going to work.
“If you go to www.clickandplayafrica.com you will see the Zimbabwe vs Congo game, there’s a banner there so you just select the category. We’ve got the rest of the ground where you have gate 1 and 2, gate 3 and 4, gate 6 and 7 and 8 and 9,” said Masuku.
“You select any gate you want and then the number of tickets that you want. The moment you select add to cart, you will be directed to a page where you select the payment channel that you want. There is Ecocash, Telecash, Mastercard, Visa card, Zimswitch and you can select any of these payment methods from any country,” Masuku added.
As the bulk of the public are more synonymous with using Ecocash for their day to day transactions, the CEO gave a vivid example of how the Ecocash transaction can be made.
“I will give you an example of (how to pay via) Ecocash. If you use Ecocash the system will actually ask you for the Ecocash number, so the moment you now say check out, it will ask you for the pin on your phone. You have to have your pin ready so you enter the pin on the phone and you receive the ticket on your email.”
“We use the email because it’s secure and we also believe that even if you lose your phone you can still access your ticket through your email. When you come to the match, you come with your ticket either through your phone or you print it out from your email and we scan it.”
The CEO also moved to allay fears that the online ticket buyer’s Visa card credentials may be compromised or that someone may manipulate the system to gain free entry saying; “For us to be actually certified to do Visa transactions there were tests that were done so we are PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) and DSS compliant (Decision Support System). We may not be certified but we are approved to do the transaction. We also use SSL ( Secure Sockets Layer) on our website so your information is not kept with us, therefore it’s very difficult to crack and therefore it’s very secure.”
Sportsbrief