Airtel Zambia has expanded its Airtel Money service as a way of offering more financial solutions to its customers. Company managing director Fayaz King said, the newly launched product had seen an increase in the number of merchants signing up to use the service thus improving the way they transact. Mr King said more than
Visa adds GSMA’s Krugal to mobile money team
Krugel joins as head of customer strategy and market activation at Fundamo, the South African m-payments outfit acquired by Visa for $110 million earlier this year. Visa has added GSMA veteran Gavin Krugel to its mobile team where he will focus on rolling out m-payments services in the developing world. In his new role Krugel
Mobile money, the new face of banking
Peter Banda Project Management Step aside Visa and MasterCard, here comes smart mobile money, no need for a bank account, no bank queues, send and receive money from anywhere in Zimbabwe, blah, blah, blah! These are some of the latest touting words from campaigns for the new transaction payment technology in town accessible through cellphones;
Hannes van Rensburg, CEO of Fundamo, listed in the GTB Power100 2011
For the second year running, Hannes van Rensburg, founder and CEO of Fundamo, a Visa company, has been named one of the 100 most powerful people in the global telecoms industry. On the 28 th September, Global Telecoms Business published its annual list, the GTB Power100. The list was compiled from nominations by worldwide readers
Operator-Agnostic Mobile Money Transfer Services Pata Express Carves a Niche for Itself and Plans to Launch Phone Page Directory
Isabelle Gross Balancing Act (London) While there is a lot of publicity made around mobile payment services launched by mobile operators in Africa (thanks to their very well-oiled PR machine) there is much less emphasis on mobile payment services launched by other organisations. During her recent visit to Congo-Brazza, Isabelle Gross spoke to Alain Ndalla,
Elderly welcome govt cash grant via mobilemoney in Uganda
By Vision Reporters ELDERLY Ugandans who are eligible for a monthly stipend under a pilot social scheme say they will be able to meet their basic needs. The Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment cash transfer scheme will provide sh23,000 per month to the elderly and other vulnerable groups such as child-headed families, single mothers and
Tanzania’s message of hope to mothers
Africa’s burgeoning mobile phone banking system is being pressed into service to help with treatment for the debilitating condition obstetric fistula, contracted during childbirth A debilitating condition that causes millions of stillbirths across Africa and can make social outcasts of the mothers who suffer from it could be eradicated in Tanzania in just four years,
Group-buying sites open up Kenya’s e-commerce
Rebecca Wanjiku Electronic commerce in Kenya is opening up, following success of group-buying sites, offering discounts and exposure for small businesses. The establishment and growth of group-buying sites has been a challenge in Kenya, which lacks both thriving e-commerce and a credit-card culture. Most transactions are completed with cash, and most recently through mobile payment
Kenya: Yu Now Turns the Heat to Mobile Cash Transfers
Winfred Kagwe Fourth mobile operator , Essar Telcom has waived cash transfer fees on its mobile money platform ,yuCash, just a day after it turned its day term free calls and short message service promotion into a permanent tariff. The decision which it hopes to translate into subscriber numbers means yuCash subscribers will send money
Pension For The Vulnerable To Be Launched
By Josepha Jabo Minister of State for Disability and Elderly Affairs Hon Suleiman Madada has revealed plans by government to begin a pension scheme for the elderly and other vulnerable groups. This plan was revealed at Uganda Media Centre on September, 28, 2011. Minister Madada was accompanied by Mr. Reginald Kafeero MTN’s General Manager of
