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Safaricom Chalks Up Almost $500-Million Profit from M-Pesa Unit

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Telkom Kenya Faces Delays on its New Mobile Money Subsidiaries

Image sourced from News24 Telkom Kenya says that it is facing delays in getting approval from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) for its two mobile money subsidiaries that it announced last year. According to Business Daily, the telecommunications company announced Telkom Digital and T-Kash in May 2021 as a bid to reorganise its company structure. T-Kash, the telco’s mobile money services will reportedly house T-Kash Loan, a loan service that hasn’t been activated on the app as yet. The digital subsidiary is expected to involve infrastructure including a fibre network, international submarines cables, and a smart landing hub to act as a gateway to the East African region amid increased demand for data service, as per Business Daily. “We have done most of it we are waiting for the r...

The Role of Mobile Money in Kenya’s Tech Surge

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Cellulant Partners with Five Water Utility Companies in Zambia

Gilbert Lungu, Cellulant Zambia Country Manager. Image sourced from Africa Business Communities. Cellulant Zambia announced a digital payment partnership with five leading Zambian water utility companies; Nkana Water, Kafubu Water, Mulonga Water, Chambeshi Water, and Western Water. This partnership will allow customers in the country to pay their water bills with their preferred mobile money and selected bank accounts (Standard Chartered Bank, Zambia National Building Society, and Natsave). In remote areas, customers travel long distances to pay for their water bills. With the partnership, customers will be able to pay for their water bills through Tingg. Since first partnering with Mulonga and Nkana Water 3 years ago, all the water utilities in Northern Zambia have jumped on board and exp...

Cellulant Partners with Five Water Utility Companies in Zambia

Gilbert Lungu, Cellulant Zambia Country Manager. Image sourced from Africa Business Communities. Cellulant Zambia announced a digital payment partnership with five leading Zambian water utility companies; Nkana Water, Kafubu Water, Mulonga Water, Chambeshi Water, and Western Water. This partnership will allow customers in the country to pay their water bills with their preferred mobile money and selected bank accounts (Standard Chartered Bank, Zambia National Building Society, and Natsave). In remote areas, customers travel long distances to pay for their water bills. With the partnership, customers will be able to pay for their water bills through Tingg. Since first partnering with Mulonga and Nkana Water 3 years ago, all the water utilities in Northern Zambia have jumped on board and exp...

HelloPay Launches Business Solution Package to Support SMEs

Image sourced from Xpatloop. HelloPay has launched a new turn-key suite of business solutions that will enable growth, save costs, and give users peace of mind that financial access is available to them when they need it. The informal sector accounts for about 18 percent of South Africa’s GDP, with over three million workers engaged in the informal economy. In addition, an estimated 2.9 million migrants reside in South Africa, many of whom struggle to access financial services in order to start small businesses like spaza shops, salons, and kiosks. That’s an incredible portion of the population that remains underserved in the financial sector, unable to access or otherwise afford the services needed to grow their businesses. Serving the underserved HelloPay’s SoftPOS offering, which w...

MTN Nigeria Attains Approval to Operate Mobile Money Bank (MoMo)

MTN Nigeria received approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday to operate Mobile Money (MoMo). MTN Nigeria’s Mobile Money (MoMo) service has more than 9-million users since it launched in 2019. According to TechCabal, the approval means that MTN Nigeria will be able to provide all the services offered by conventional commercial banks virtually, with the exception of granting credit and processing foreign exchange transactions. “We are grateful to the CBN for granting the final approval to commence the operations of MoMo PSB, which is an important milestone for our Ambition 2025 strategy. We are excited about the opportunity for MTN Nigeria to support the CBN and the Federal Republic of Nigeria in fulfilling the agenda of driving financial inclusion in Nigeria,” MTN Group CEO Ralp...

Paysend Partners with Afrimoney to Enable Transfers to West Africa

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MultiChoice Zambia Partners with MTN Mobile Money

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FNB Introduces Zapper QR Codes to Its Online Payments in SA

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Confidence Rebounds in SA as Consumers Embrace eCommerce & Contactless Payments

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Airtel Money is Launching this New Virtual Payment Solution in Zambia

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