M-PESA

M-PESA, mobile money transfer platform has reached 50 million monthly active customers strengthening its position as Africa’s largest fintech.  Launched more…

Safaricom released the M-PESA app to the masses on app stores, albeit in a pilot phase. The utility app, which…

Before you rush to your phone and try requesting for money from anyone please don’t try it if you have an android because this is only currently available for iOS but will also be made available for androids

Safaricom has this evening announced another M-Pesa service interruption that will start from 2359hrs to 0500 hrs in routine maintenance…

Safaricom has announced a five-hour M-Pesa services outage tomorrow June 18th as from 0000hours to 0500ahours in routine maintenance. The…

Safaricom has reported M-Pesa outages for customers who access M-Pesa through My Safaricom App, KCB M-Pesa, and Mshwari. Customers have…

As a local web and mobile app developer, Joshua Mutua, the founder and CEO of KejaHunt and KejaMove, businesses in…

Financial inclusion and telecommunications expert Topy Muga is one of the TechWomen emerging women leaders in Africa. In fact, The…

Mobile money services continue to soar in popularity among Kenyans as evidenced by the latest numbers where Kenyans have made…

As part of the transition of Safaricom from a telco to an enabler platform, the company has been working on…

This may be surprising to hear, and even superior to see that entrepreneurs are maximizing the benefit of Internet presence.…

It is the minute that the banking industry in Kenya is facing a lot of challenges specifically on governance issues,…

United Nations-based Better Than Cash Alliance releases a report showing  the importance of digital payment and why governments and companies need…

It will now be possible for Rwanda subscribers to make cross-border mobile money transactions to Kenya or Tanzania after MTN…

International money transfer company Xpress Money will now allow customers to send money to their family, friends and business partners…

Last year, Kenyans living abroad sent home a record high of $1.43 billion, a 10.68 percent increase over 2013 making…

According to the London-based Centre for Brand Analysis, Mobile payment service M-PESA has become Kenya’s leading Superbrand, beating its parent…

A new application available on the Safaricom store dubbed MyRCPT aims to help users generate PDF receipts from their Lipa…

In October MoneyGram and Safaricom announced they will partner to allow rapid money transfer from MoneyGram directly to M-PESA. Today…

Vodacom South Africa has partnered with Eduloan, an education finance and bursary administration firm to deposit directly Eduloan bursary and…

An M-Pesa agent in Nairobi’s Githurai area has been arrested by police officers after he was found dealing in drugs…

For our readers in Kenya, Lipa Na M-Pesa allows merchants, retailers and distributors to receive mobile money payments in a…

With over 95,000 households  served in East Africa, and adding 2000 homes weekly, M-KOPA Solar has saved households over KES…

M-PESA as a mobile concept for money transactions is budding in Kenya. However, in a more economically stable country like Nigeria, M-pesa is…

Following a growing demand for mobile phone payment services in Africa, Vodacom had just redesigned M-pesa for the South African…

Mobile money is mainstream in Kenya thanks to Safaricom, Kopo Kopo and several others who have made Lipa Na M-Pesa…

 Safaricom has opened its agent network to its rivals among them Airtel that has been agitating for integration of mobile…

Every now and then we come across several developers buiding awesome apps for use by the local community and we…

Kenya’s money transfer service M-pesa is now in the UAE courtesy to a partnership between Xpress Money and M-pesa that…