Google’s BebaPay Shuts Down After Miserable Experience

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Screen Shot 2013-04-30 at 6.11.21 PMThis is the last time we are talking BebaPay, the guys at Google Kenya couldn’t help save it as any techies so Google’s BebaPay will on March 15th, 2015 be off the streets and replaced by a MasterCard which will allow users to transact at all outlets accepting MasterCard®.

To migrate from your BebaPay Card to the Equity prepaid Card, please visit a BebaPay agent with your BebaPay Card and National I.D. before 15th March, 2015.

If you choose not to sign up for the new Equity prepaid MasterCard®, Google wants you to exhaust your balance on any BebaPay accepting buses before 15th March, 2015 or get a refund after 28th March, 2015.

Kindly take note of the following important dates related to the use of your BebaPay card:

  • 13th February, 2015: Last date to top up your BebaPay card through an agent

  • 20th February, 2015: Last date to top up your BebaPay card through mobile money

  • 15th March, 2015: Last date that you can pay with your BebaPay card

  • 1st April, 2015: Last date that you can access your BebaPay account online on www.bebapay.co.ke

BebaPay bus lines included Channai Travellers, Citi Hoppa, City Star Shuttle, Compliant, Destination Connect
Forward Travellers, JulimaKimisa Sacco, Manchester Travellers, Meru Nissan Sacco,Mwi Sacco
Nangkis Sacco, NNK, Paradise System, RasasiStar Bus, Sunbird Services, Super Highway 45
Sweet Heavens Buses, Ummoiner Sacco, Unified POA and Zam Zam 45

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Sam Wakoba
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