SimbaPay is working to revolutionize the remittance space. How are they doing this? By officially raising the single transaction limit to a whopping $45,000 (Approx. KES 4.635M) which is 15 times higher than the previous ...
When Uber launched its presence in the Kenyan market earlier this year, there were mixed feelings and the taxi market shook a bit for it was not sure what to expect. Easy Taxi made it ...
Customers of Airtel’s mobile money platform Airtel Money in Burkina Faso will now be able to send money to friends and family or business partners on the Orange network in neighbouring Cote d’Ivoire and vice ...
Kenya has officially unveiled an Integrated Population Registration System (IPRS) that will see all personal data of the country’s citizens linked to one computer in the hope to achieve a more efficient and easy way ...
Safaricom has been making baby steps into partnerships lately, with CEO Bob Collymore saying the telecom is planning on more collaborations in its growth journey and now in a new agreement with the Kenya Commercial ...
Have you waited for this day like I have? When Safaricom will allow M-Pesa transfers to family and friends between two countries at no extra cost? Well, through a new partnership with Tanzania’s Vodacom, customers ...
Last month the county of Kiambu in Kenya announced it had doubled on its revenue collection following its tax payments automation process in just one month before. The county said it was planning to continue ...
Telecommunications services provider Vodacom has unveiled an online payment service in partnership with web-based platform that offers travelling services in the country, which will allow Tanzanians to book and pay for hotels, tour packages and ...
Telecommunications service provider Vodacom has announced that its mobile money transaction service launched in a partnership deal with Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) in May this year, has reached the one million mark in subscriber ...
Kenyans on the Safaricom network will now be able to manage and monitor their past M-Pesa transactions in a single view, after the telecom acquired and re-branded existing mobile app M-Ledger in a new announcement today. ...
This week has seen leading locally-owned banks Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) and Co-operative Bank announce their profits for the nine months ending September 2014, citing 17% and 2.5% increase in pre-tax profits respectively. Both banks ...
The Kenyan government through the Ministry of Transport earlier in the year gave a directive to the public transport sector in the country, requiring the sector to implement electronic payment systems in all public vehicles. The ...
Mobile network service provider Safaricom is making every effort to achieve global recognition by entering new partnerships with global companies and launching services that aim to offer customer satisfaction and value for Kenyans. The telecom ...
Mobile subscriptions in Kenya have registered a 5.2% growth to reach a total of 32.2 million, with subscribers for the Post-paid network increasing at a higher rate in comparison with those on the Pre-paid option. ...
Kenyans on the Safaricom network and registered to use the M-Pesa mobile money service will now be able to receive money from countries in Europe, following an announcement by Azimo, an online money transfer service. ...
You can now get the M-PESA Prepay Safari Card for KSh250 instead of the initial charge of Ksh750, a limited offer by I&M Bank scheduled to last until end of this year December 31. Kenyans ...
Tanzania says it has lost $6 million through cyber-related fraud crimes which mostly involve card skimming and Automated Teller Machine (ATM) thefts. “As of now there are over 300 cybercrime cases being investigated, some of ...
A new agreement between Vodacom Tanzania and Agri-business Olam International, will see the use mobile technology to help increase productivity of thousands of smallholder farmers in the country. Announced by Connected Farmer Alliance (CFA), a public-private ...