Tag: Mobile Money
Safaricom shares surges after securing mobile money license in Ethiopia
Shares of Kenyan telecommunications operator Safaricom surged more than 9% on Friday after it secured a mobile financial services licence in Ethiopia.
Ethiopia’s finance minister,...
GhanaPay to boost mobile money penetration to 85% by 2023
The Ghana Association of Bankers (GAB) has said that its mobile money product, GhanaPay is poised to boost mobile money penetration in Ghana from...
UK banks to shut down mobile payment service Paym, lessons for...
Paym, the mobile payment service launched by fifteen of the UK’s biggest banks and building societies, is shutting down after an eight-year battle to...
Harmonising payments in Africa depends on harmonising payment regulation across the...
Most African businesses, if asked, would leap at the chance to expand their markets beyond their home countries. And whether it’s a Kenyan fashion...
M-Pesa separating from Safaricom
The maiden mobile money platform in the world, M-Pesa is splitting from its mother telecom company, Safaricom.
The two will become separate entities by January...
Ghana among fastest growing Fintech markets in Africa – McKinsey
Fintech Africa Report from industry analyst and research firm, McKinsey has named Ghana as one of the fastest growing fintech markets on the continent...
Zeepay is official Fintech partner of GFA
The Ghana Football Association, GFA, has signed a new one year deal worth GHS 500,000 with Zeepay as the official Fintech sponsor of the...
Kenya gives digital lenders ultimatum
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has given all digital lenders up to Saturday, September 17 to apply for operational licences or risk being...
Zazuu activates Diaspora Payments in Ghana; aims to cut cost of...
Zazuu, the world’s first non-biased marketplace for remittances, has announced that its remittance collection product is now available in Ghana.
Founded in 2018 by four...
Africa’s financial industry gears up for Digital Finance Africa 2022
Digital Finance Africa 2022, the definitive annual event on technology leadership in the financial services industry returns on the 22nd of September 2022 as...