Third Batch Training – July 6th, 2010. Central Bank of Nigeria will be licensing firms in the next few weeks to provide mobile payments in Nigeria for an addressable of 140 million people where only 22 million are banked with more than 70 million mobile subscribers. Mobile payment license will cover mobile Banking, payments, savings,
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MPESA enters Air Travel Industry
SIMON NDONG’A Air travelers will now be able to book their tickets from their mobile phones and pay through Safaricom’s money transfer service, M-Pesa This follows the signing of an agreement between the listed telecoms firm and three local airlines – East African Safari Air, Air Kenya and Aircraft Leasing Services. Chief Executive Officer Michael
M-PESA shutting down for Maintainance till Sunday
Safaricom, has announced plans to upgrade its M-Pesa money transfer service starting Saturday night. The two-day upgrading will be carried out this weekend from 9pm this evening and is expected to be completed on Sunday at 6pm. During the period, all M-Pesa services will be unavailable. Safaricom chief executive officer Michael Joseph said the move
Safaricom staff in MPESA fraud probe
BERNARD MOMANYI An Employee of Safaricom is among three suspects arrested on Friday over allegations of fraudulent loss of funds through M-PESA transactions. The employee was arrested from the company’s Buru Buru customer care branch in the presence of journalists while other suspects were picked up from various parts of the city. The suspect told
Safaricom extends M-pesa dividend deadline
KUI KINYANJUI Safaricom has extended the deadline for shareholders to apply to receive dividends using the company’s popular mobile money transfer product, M-Pesa. The deadline has been pushed to October 15th to allow more time for registrations which picked up as the close of the original deadline loomed. A considerable number of shareholders have opted
Uganda : Telecom Money Transfer Tilts Market
David Mugabe Kampala — Six months since the introduction of mobile money transfer, MTN and Zain have registered about 250,000 clients onto the mobile money transfer service moving over sh40b in transactions. The two telecom companies’ officials confirm that only the transactional limitation of sh1m seems to be standing in the way of the service
MobileMoneyAfrica Free E-Magazine now available
West Ehkator. As the race for mobile financial Inclusion in Africa becomes more interesting with leading players across financial institutions and Mobile operators,seeking for a piece of the action all over Africa,there is need for a credible platform to promote the good news coming out of Africa. Mobile Money Africa is the leading and only
Nokia Set for Mobile Money Services in East Africa
Walter Wafula Mobile phone company Nokia is expected to roll out its money transfer services in the East African region next year according to the firm’s regional spokesperson. The global mobile phone giant recently unveiled Nokia Money which is similar to MTN Uganda’s Mobile Money and Zain’s Zap. The service is meant to extend affordable,
Zain offers free money transfer to Philippines
Manama Zain Bahrain, a leading telecom service provider, has launched a free money transfer service for the Filipino community in order to create comfort for the victims of the recent typhoons in the Philippines. Zain’s one-of-a-kind money transfer service, ME2U, between Bahrain and the Philippines will be free of charge till October 11, so that
Mobile Money Webinar (Lagos – Nigeria)
Nigeria is at the threshold of joining the likes of Kenya and others Nations across the globe where Mobile Finance is shaping how millions conduct Business and Banking via the mobile phone. More than ever before, a single technology is improving lives and changing the way people interact with financial products and services for the
