Visa, M-Pesa pick Congo as testing ground for stablecoin-driven cross-border payments
Visa, M-Pesa, along with cross-border payments company Onafriq, have piloted a system that settles mobile money top-ups using stablecoins...
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Vodacom, Alipay partner to launch super-app in South Africa
The partnership seeks to introduce advanced mobile solutions to South African customers and merchants...
Africa sees surge in mobile money as pandemic continues
Mobile money is helping African nations curb the spread of Covid-19 by limiting the usage of physical cash...
Visa forays into mobile money in East Africa with Mvisa app
Visa in collaboration wit M-Pesa has launched the app in an effort to strengthen its presence in Kenya...
Safaricom, Vodacom complete M-Pesa acquisition
The telcos completed the acquisition of the M-PESA brand, along with its product development and support services from Vodafone Group...
Kenya’s value of mobile money transfers increases 34% in Q4 2019
Safaricom’s M-Pesa has recorded market share of 98.8 percent, while Telkom’s T-cash recorded lowest of 0.07 percentage points...
Africa uses mobile money to curb the spread of the coronavirus
Safaricom removed all fees from its mobile-money platform, M-Pesa...
Safaricom introduces zero transaction fees on M-Pesa
Kenya's banks and mobile money providers are pushing cashless payments to curb Covid-19...
African tech startups secure $491.6 mn in funding in 2019
2019 also witnessed a 61% increase in the number of investors to reach 261...
Vodafone to turn M-Pesa into a bank to target Africa’s unbanked
Currently, M-Pesa accounts for 3.5% of Vodacom’s revenue...