Maroc telecom has launched Mobicash, Morocco’s first trials of mobile debit payment service. This first service of money transfer and payment by cell phone has been the object of an agreement signed between Morocco Telecom operators and Attijariwafa bank and the Central “Banque Populaire”. MobiCash is a complete mobile payment platform that works immediately on
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Valimo to provide Mobile ID services for Vodafone Egypt customers
Valimo provides multipurpose Mobile ID technology to kick off first pilot implementations in Middle East and Africa Egypt Trust, a Digital Signature and Information provider, and Valimo, the global market leader in Mobile ID solutions, today announced an agreement to launch Mobile ID service pilots in Egypt. Vodafone Egypt, the Egyptian subsidiary of the world’s
Tunis forum makes recommendations on protecting African remittances
An international forum on remittances to Africa has endorsed a series of recommendations to reduce transfer costs and exploit the potential of remittances as a development tool in the continent. The Global Forum on Remittances, co-hosted by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), which ended recently in Tunis,
Djezzy mulls mobile banking services
Shereen El Gazzar Orascom’s Algerian unit is in talks with Algerian Central Bank. Orascom Telecom Algeria, or Djezzy, a mobile operation owned by Orascom Telecom said that it is negotiating with the Algerian Central Bank to introduce mobile banking services, Egyptian daily Al Mal reports Wednesday, quoting Tamer Al Mahdi, Chief Executive Officer of Djezzy.
Masabi And Mi-Pay Introduce M-Payment Service For Africa
An SMS-based mobile payments system designed to work in remote regions of Africa with limited communications infrastructure has been launched by Masabi and Mi-Pay. The vendors say their Street Vendor application allows mobile operators, banks and other providers to offer their services in remote regions without additional investment in infrastructure or hardware, using the existing
