The South African car tracking company built on cellphone contract commissions

[Daniel Puchert]

Vodacom helped build a billion-dollar South African tech empire

When Zak Calisto founded Cartrack in 2001 as a joint venture with Netstar, they generated cash to fund the business through lucrative cellphone contract reseller deals.

"In the early days, we had a very good agreement with Vodacom," said in an interview with CNBC Africa.

 

[susefan]

I read the entire article looking for how Vodacom helped.

 

[RudderVator]

I read the entire article looking for how Vodacom helped.

Some story of someone overhearing an idea of a car tracker from his balcony from a security guard...