Safaricom Ethiopia CEO: ‘Digital is crucial to country’s prosperity’
Wim Vanhelleputte ranks digital transformation as Ethiopia's top national objective and identifies key addressable issues to achieve the goal.
Samuel Mungadze
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MTN MoMo increases remittance services to 10 new countries
MoMo users can now send money to more than 200 million wallets, across 24 African countries.
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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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TNM moves to curb mobile money fraud in Malawi
TNM launches Sim swap exemption to reduce fraud, which it believes is threatening the gains of mobile money in Malawi and eroding user trust.
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MTN's fintech unit continues to hit high notes
Overall fintech revenue growth increased by 21.8% year-on-year, with other key developments proving their worth.
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MasterCard, SAVA team up to serve African SMMEs
The partnership will provide small businesses in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and Egypt with an online payment platform.
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MTN, MasterCard launch MoMo virtual card for African markets
The deal is set to accelerate MTN’s mobile money ecosystem across 13 African markets, giving SMEs and individuals greater financial inclusion.
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Malawi's budget supports mobile money agents
Minister of finance said this is being done to comply with the current withholding tax rate for banks and insurance brokers, which is 1%.
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Safaricom bets big on Ethiopia’s digital future
The telco says it is focusing on scaling operations for the country.
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WHO taps into Africa's flourishing mobile money space
WHO is one of the worldwide organisations moving away from the inconvenient and risky habit of paying wages in cash.
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Safaricom reports significant M-PESA growth in Ethiopia
M-PESA has 26,200 agents and 43,100 merchants, according to the company's third quarter 2023 update.
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MasterCard buys $200m stake in MTN Group Fintech
The agreement values the fintech business of MTN at $5.2 billion and will help fund the expansion of its payments and remittance services.