Vodacom passes 200m subscriber mark across Africa
The telco celebrated its 30th anniversary by promising to expand its financial services, which have become a lucrative business for the company.
Samuel Mungadze
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Kenya's new taxes will increase airtime, mobile money charges
The plans are included in the 2024 Finance Bill, as the government aims to raise an additional $2.5 billion (Sh323bn) in taxes in the financial year beginning in July.
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Free bank to M-Pesa, Airtel Money transfers for sole traders
I&M Bank in Kenya has made the move as the result of customer feedback and a response to the high cost of living.
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Kenya permits fintech LemFi to offer remittance services
The fintech, which entered the Kenyan market in June last year, gained clearance yesterday and pledged to provide secure services while complying to the Central Bank's regulatory framework.
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Ethiopia's M-PESA partners with Onafriq on remittances
Through the agreement, individuals within Ethiopia will be able to receive remittances from different parts of the world through Safaricom’s M-PESA.
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Kenya experiences second M-Pesa outage in one month
This is the second M-Pesa outage Safaricom has experienced this January.
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M-Pesa, Chapa form an alliance targeting Ethiopian merchants
Through the agreement announced yesterday, merchants using Chapa’s payment gateway system can receive payments from Safaricom M-Pesa customers.
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Safaricom registers 1.2 million M-Pesa customers in Ethiopia
Safaricom Ethiopia announced the total transaction value since the company's inception two months ago is now $288 million (Ksh. 43.7 billion).
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MTN Group’s Ayoba expands to 28m monthly users
The primary markets for Ayoba are Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, and Ghana, which grew by an astounding 89.1% year-over-year.
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Safaricom, Uber join forces to settle fares using mobile money
The partnership with Uber will allow Safaricom to offer digital payments through M-PESA.
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Safaricom creates start-up investment companies
Two new entities have been established to invest in early stage and growth stage start-ups in Kenya.
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Kenyans to access over 5 000 govt services online
President Ruto unveiled a suite of digital government services dubbed Gava Mkononi on Friday.