Vodacom, Alipay partner to launch super-app in South Africa
The partnership seeks to introduce advanced mobile solutions to South African customers and merchants...
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Africa sees surge in mobile money as pandemic continues
Mobile money is helping African nations curb the spread of Covid-19 by limiting the usage of physical cash...
Visa forays into mobile money in East Africa with Mvisa app
Visa in collaboration wit M-Pesa has launched the app in an effort to strengthen its presence in Kenya...
Safaricom, Vodacom complete M-Pesa acquisition
The telcos completed the acquisition of the M-PESA brand, along with its product development and support services from Vodafone Group...
Kenya’s value of mobile money transfers increases 34% in Q4 2019
Safaricom’s M-Pesa has recorded market share of 98.8 percent, while Telkom’s T-cash recorded lowest of 0.07 percentage points...
Africa uses mobile money to curb the spread of the coronavirus
Safaricom removed all fees from its mobile-money platform, M-Pesa...
Safaricom introduces zero transaction fees on M-Pesa
Kenya's banks and mobile money providers are pushing cashless payments to curb Covid-19...
African tech startups secure $491.6 mn in funding in 2019
2019 also witnessed a 61% increase in the number of investors to reach 261...
Vodafone to turn M-Pesa into a bank to target Africa’s unbanked
Currently, M-Pesa accounts for 3.5% of Vodacom’s revenue...
Safaricom’s Mali to take on banks through mobile saving service
The new investment tool, powered by M-Pesa, will offer an interest rate of 10% per year...