All M-PESA articles – Page 4
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Public AffairsVodafone’s Read on a mission to get everyone a smartphone
Group CEO Nick Read joins UN and ITU in push to improve access to affordable smartphones in poor countries.
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Strategy & ChangeSafaricom’s M-PESA will be ‘standalone entity’
M-money business will reportedly separate in coming months.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Africa: BII commits $76m (£67m/€76m) to African Infrastructure Fund
Vodacom fibre customers suffer third‑party data breach; Vodacom broadens burgeoning financial services portfolio with new short‑term loan offering.
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OperationsCircle Gas ‘healthy and growing’ despite challenges and CEO exit
Safaricom-backed scale-up flags progress in international expansion of connected, pay-as-you-go cooking fuel proposition.
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Strategy & ChangeSafaricom spreads out on fibre, targets seven-figure connections
Kenyan operator wants to grow its FTTP/FTTB footprint by five times in mid to long term.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Africa: Safaricom tackles fraud
Safaricom takes action to tackle fraudulent cash reversals on M‑PESA.
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Strategy & ChangeSafaricom eyes African deals to “turbocharge” fintech play
Kenyan operator on lookout for acquisition opportunities to fuel expansion of M-PESA footprint and broaden out its digital services portfolio.
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Network & InfraSafaricom Ethiopia ready to launch network in August
Phased rollout planned for 25 cities by April 2023.
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Strategy & ChangeM-PESA boss eyes South American tie-up
Flagship service’s MD receiving “a lot of interest” from possible LatAm partners.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Africa: M-PESA launches virtual card
Insurance, loans, and virtual cards launched for M-PESA and VodaPay.
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodacom signs “exclusive” deal with Visa in South Africa
New contract builds on similar deal between Safaricom and Visa for M-PESA. Visa payments option likely to be available as a virtual card integrated into the recently launched VodaPay Super App.
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Partnerships & AlliancesM-PESA gets interoperability boost in Kenya
Airtel, Telkom, and Safaricom customers granted access to M-PESA till payments. Central Bank of Kenya says first phase will “deepen digitalisation” for businesses. Airtel Money and T-kash equivalents still some way off.
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Products & ServicesClaws out for M-PESA from Central Bank, Treasury
Bank Governor Njoroge tells Senate ICT Committee that a standalone m-money business will improve regulation and customer protection in Kenya. Treasury Cabinet Secretary Yatani adds that M-PESA transaction charges are too high. Njoroge and Yatani’s submissions are part of probe into alleged monopolistic practices by Safaricom. Central Bank opens ...
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Products & ServicesM-PESA not threatened by talk of central Kenyan e-money
A central digital currency would not step on M-PESA toes, says MD Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, but cooperation key to finding efficiencies in a market dominated by Safaricom’s e-money offering. M-PESA at 15: 51 million users in seven markets; Kenyan strength; Super App prospects on the horizon, as is competition.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Africa: Little Cab launches in Addis Ababa
Safaricom out to block CA mobile tariff slash; Little Cab arrives in Ethiopia.
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PremiumSafaricom builds up for Ethiopian launch
Ethiopian OpCo signs up VMware as telco cloud partner, and flags Huawei and Nokia as main network suppliers. Second data centre opened. Talks begin with rival Ethio on network access. Ethiopia’s Ministry of Finance anticipates service launch “sometime in April”.
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Public AffairsM-PESA cleared for Ethiopian launch
State Minister of Ethiopia’s Ministry of Finance anticipates wider Safaricom launch “sometime in April”. M-PESA app will be introduced to a new market of 116 million people. Question marks remain regarding third telecoms licence in the country.
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Venturing & InvestmentsSafaricom energy ally Circle Gas lands big Japanese backer
Deal with conglomerate Marubeni Corporation comes with prepaid LPG startup planning to expand beyond Safaricom-supported deployment in Kenya and into new markets in Africa and Asia.
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Suppliers & SCMSafaricom lauds TIBCO for service and network advances
Kipkirui says microservices and cloud-native APIs from longstanding partner is key in helping OpCo to become an “insights-led, tech-driven company”. Adds that Safaricom has been able to maintain “maximum value” from capex invested in TIBCO. OpCo aims to migrate entire TIBCO BPM stack from on-prem to public cloud by ...
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Products & ServicesSafaricom to seed DigiFarm agri services in Ethiopia
Kenyan operator gives a hint of digital services that will form part of its line-up when it debuts in Ethiopia next year.