WorldRemit users to remit directly to MTN Mobile Money in Uganda, Rwanda & Zambia

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20130308WorldRemitlogoWorldRemit, an online money transfer service has signed an agreement with MTN to enable its customers send money directly and instantly to MTN’s Mobile Money customers in Uganda, Rwanda and Zambia, a move the firms say will reach millions with a life-enhancing financial services including savings and insurance schemes.

This move is expcted to be extended to MTN Mobile Money customers across the continent. MTN is present in 16 countries across Africa including Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Republic, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda and Zambia.
Ismail Ahmed, Founder and CEO of WorldRemit said: “Mobile Money is rapidly displacing cash as a way of receiving money from friends and family abroad. WorldRemit’s partnership with MTN allows our customers around the world to send money instantly to MTN Mobile Money users.

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“As well as being fast and convenient, MTN Mobile Money is reaching millions of people who don’t have bank accounts, giving them access to a variety of life-enhancing financial services including savings and insurance schemes.”

According to the GSMA State of the Industry Report,there were an estimated 60 million active Mobile Money users in June 2013, up from 30 million in 2012. WorldRemit aims to tap into this market with such partnerships. WorldRemit is also available in Somalia, Ghana and Tanzania.

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Sam Wakoba
Sam Wakoba
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Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Sam Wakoba is a pan-African technology journalist, author, entrepreneur, technology business mentor, judge, educationalist, and a sought-after speaker and panelist across Africa’s innovation ecosystem. He is the convenor of the popular monthly #TechNight evening event and the #StartupEast Awards and Conference, platforms that bring together startup founders, developers, entrepreneurs, investors, content creators, and tech professionals from across the continent. For more than 16 years, Sam has reported on and analysed Africa’s technology landscape, covering some of the continent’s most impactful, and at times controversial policies, programs, investors, co-founders, startups, and corporations. His work is known for its independence, depth, and fairness, with a singular goal of helping build and strengthen Africa’s nascent technology ecosystem. Beyond journalism, Sam is a business analyst and consultant, working with brands, universities, corporates, SMEs, and startups across East Africa, as well as international companies entering the East African market or scaling across Africa. In his free time, he volunteers as a consulting editor and fintech analyst at Business Tech Kenya, a business, technology, and data firm that publishes reports, reviews, and insights on business and technology trends in Kenya. Follow him on X: @SamWakoba
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