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- Kenya: Safaricom to Hide Lipa Na M-Pesa IDs
- GHANA: Stop collecting personal details of mobile phone subscribers – Court to NCA
- KENYA: SMEs record slowest mobile money use after fee waiver ends
- Central Bank of Nigeria Targets October for Digital Currency Launch
- TANZANIA: Mobile levy review team formed
- TANZANIA: What mobile transfer charges could mean for banks, a boon?
- Ghana: VP Bawumia Unveils One-Stop Portal Ghana.gov
- Uganda: 2.2m accounts cleaned off mobile money networks in three months
- Western Union launches direct-to-account transfers from UAE to the world
- Klasha to fast-track Africa’s borderless payments for commerce
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday disclosed that its much-anticipated digital currency will be launched on October 1.CBN Director, IT D...
Klasha, a FinTech company building borderless payments for e-commerce in Africa, has announced a new no-code option to accept payments for...
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has released Regulatory Guidelines and Framework for Mobile Money Services in the country. According to CB...
Carbon (ng.getCarbon.co), a pan-African fintech company providing access to basic financial services for Africans, has today announced a st...
Senior Vice President and Group Country Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa at Visa, Aida Diarra, has said that Visa is working on developing products...
The World Bank has said that Nigeria is likely to make N462 billion from electronic money transfer (EMT) levy and as a source of stable revenue t...
The High Court has ordered the National Communications Authority (NCA) to stop collecting the personal information of mobile phone subscribers.Pe...
Ghana Presidency (Accra)A one-stop platform to enable citizens easily access government services, simplify payments for public services, ensure p...
At least 2.2 million mobile money accounts were cleaned off telecommunications networks in the first quarter of 2021 leading to March, according...
The Bank of Ghana will in September, this year, pilot the digital cedi, the First Deputy Governor, Dr Maxwell Opoku-Afari, has hinted.This, he sa...
Emergent Payments (EP) Ghana Limited, has said it facilitates convenient and secure online payments across local and international payment channe...
Mobile money revenue of MTN Ghana far exceeded that of the largest Nigerian banks in 2020, according to a report by telecom expert, Eric Osiakwan...
Safaricom is set to start blocking the contact details of Lipa na M-Pesa users.This comes as the leading telecommunications firm moves to curb th...
Growth in the use of mobile money services by small businesses grew slowest after the government withdrew the waiver of charges for cash transfer...
Dar es Salaam. The government has formed a team of experts that will review the mobile money levy and come up with recommendations on July 2...
Debate on the newly-introduced mobile money transaction levies is already raging, with analysts looking at the potential impact on the banking se...
Malawi's leading financial institution NBS Bank has upgraded its digital banking platform to provide easy banking solutions for both customers an...
Safaricom’s mobile payment platform used to pay for goods and services is now earning the telco Sh40 million monthly, highlighting the impac...
The Board of Directors at the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has approved the third edition of the rules for mobile phone wallet payment services.Th...
European technology companies Evina (www.Evina.com) and Telecoming (www.Telecoming.com) have signed a global alliance to work hand in hand in pro...
TradeTech innovator, Ovamba Solutions (www.Ovamba.com) and financial services provider, Singularity Finance (www.Singularity.finance) have partne...
A recent report reveals a significant increase in the number of electronic wallets and online transactions during the first wave of COVID-19...
-inwi money, a subsidiary of inwi and leading telecom player in mobile money services, has expanded its offering with the launch of an internatio...
Money transfer agency Cash Plus has launched the “Cash Plus Mobile Wallet” application, offering its customers the oppor...
In an effort to foster growth for both the formal and informal sector in Zambia, Pan-African Payments business Cellulant rolls out Tingg, a digit...
South Africa's Vodacom Group said on Tuesday about 70 businesses had signed up or committed to the mobile operator's new digital financial servic...
UL, the global safety science leader, has announced the completion of a pilot project with WIZZIT Digital to launch Tap2Pay SoftPOS solution with...
Ukheshe, Mastercard, Nedbank and Telkom collaborate to grow access to the digital economy with virtual product that enables secure e-commerce pay...
MTN South Africa said on Wednesday it had entered into a $2 million partnership with the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IF...
With the African Continental Free Trade Agreement set to generate combined consumer and business spending of $6.7 trillion by 2030[i], the...
Pawame, a UAE-based off-grid solar start-up has secured a funding of $2.5 million as it looks to expand further into sub-Saharan Africa.The fundi...
Global technology company Mastercard, and Geidea, the largest fintech company in Saudi Arabia by market share, have announced a strategic partner...
Today, Mastercard (NYSE: MA) took steps to advance its identity verification efforts with the acquisition of Ekata for US$850...
MTN Group Ltd. is valuing its mobile-money arm at about $5 billion, joining African wireless carriers planning to list these businesses in a regi...
NOW Money, the GCC’s first digital banking solution for low-income migrant workers, has secured $7m in a funding round led by venture inves...
Global payment processor Mastercard Inc will invest $100 million in Airtel Africa’s mobile money operations, valuing the business at $2.65 billio...
