Rewards infrastructure for AfricaRibiRewards Meal Pass
Give your workforce a better way to pay for meals.
A managed employee meal programme that gives employers control over budgets and rules, while employees discover participating food businesses and pay with their Meal Pass.
How it works
One programme. From allowance to lunch.
A simple operating layer connecting employers, employees and participating food merchants — with visibility and control throughout.
Fund
Set budgets and fund the programme.
Allocate
Give employees or groups their meal allowance.
Discover
Find participating food businesses nearby.
Pay
Use Meal Pass at an approved merchant.
Settle
Approved transactions flow through the programme.
Report
Track allocation, redemption and utilisation.
For employers
Built around your workforce. Not a generic restaurant list.
Upload employees, set allowances, define programme rules and understand usage. Then identify where food coverage is needed and build participating merchant acceptance around those locations.
For employees
Their meal benefit. In their pocket.
Check available balance, find food nearby, see participating merchants and pay from employer-funded meal value — without reimbursement claims.
For merchants
From city restaurants to local food businesses.
Build the participating food network around where your people actually are, including approved independent and local food businesses.
Featured Partners
Rich profiles, menus, photos and discovery for participating restaurants.
Pay Partners
A lighter acceptance layer for verified local food businesses.
The payment moment
Meal Pass becomes real at checkout.
The employee chooses an approved food merchant, confirms the meal payment and receives an immediate transaction result. The programme keeps the payment tied to eligible meal spend.
Merchant acceptance
A clear Meal Pass payment journey at participating merchants.
Programme controls
Eligibility and spending rules stay attached to the employer-funded value.
Transaction visibility
Employees and programme teams can see activity without manual claims.
Employer controls
You set the rules.
The benefit can be flexible for employees without becoming uncontrolled for the employer.
Allowance frequency
Daily, weekly, monthly or once-off allocations.
Employee groups
Different values and rules by team, site or population.
Eligible merchants
Control where employer-funded meal value can be used.
Spending rules
Apply programme, daily and transaction-level limits.
Balance rules
Choose how unused value expires or rolls over.
Reporting
See allocations, utilisation and redemption centrally.
Key benefits
One meal programme. Different workforce realities.
Flexible enough for office teams, field staff, industrial operations and distributed employers.
Office teams
Recurring meal allowances with useful choice around the workplace.
Field workforces
Support people moving between territories and customer locations.
Industrial & remote sites
Build food-merchant coverage around harder-to-serve locations.
Multi-location employers
Run one programme across offices, sites and regions.
Meal Pass in Africa
Start in South Africa. Build across Africa.
Start with the workforce locations that matter now, then expand the operating model as coverage and market requirements are confirmed.
Not an ongoing programme?
We also support one-off meal rewards.
For an event, team lunch or short-term campaign, use the lighter reward route rather than standing up a recurring employee meal programme.
FAQ
Meal cards, explained.
Can this work for non-smartphone employees?+
Programme design can include alternative access methods for workforce populations that cannot rely on a smartphone-only journey.
How quickly can merchants be added?+
Timing depends on location, verification and merchant onboarding. The programme is designed to identify coverage gaps and build acceptance around the workforce that needs it.
How does settlement to merchants work?+
Approved merchant transactions are reconciled through the programme. The exact settlement model depends on the operating market and merchant setup.
Is Meal Pass a Visa or Mastercard?+
No. Meal Pass is designed around participating approved food merchants, giving employers more control over where meal value can be spent.
Can different teams receive different amounts?+
Yes. Allowances can be structured around employee groups, sites or agreed eligibility rules.
Build around your workforce
Tell us where your people are.
We’ll map the workforce need, merchant coverage and programme structure required for your locations.
Start your programme