Press Release Acceleration of Digitization of Payments For Businesses Promises a More Connected Africa - Cellulant by MobileMoneyAfrica Jul 01, 2021 Cellulant (www.Cellulant.io), a leading Pan-African payments company, unveils its new brand id...
Nigeria Carbon teams up with Visa to enable payments across Africa by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 30, 2021 Carbon (ng.getCarbon.co), a pan-African fintech company providing access to basic financial se...
West Africa GHANA: Zeepay completes Series A fundraise at $7.9m to drive balance sheet growth by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 30, 2021 Zeepay, a leading challenger Fintech, on Wednesday announced the completion of its Series A.0 fundra...
Southern Africa South Africa's Vodacom bringing 70 businesses onto VodaPay 'super app' by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 30, 2021 South Africa's Vodacom Group said on Tuesday about 70 businesses had signed up or committed to the m...
Nigeria Visa plans digital payment coverage for 30 million customers by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 29, 2021 Senior Vice President and Group Country Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa at Visa, Aida Diarra, has sai...
West Africa GHANA: MobileMoney Agents kick against 10% tax imposed on their earnings by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 29, 2021 Mobile Money agents across the country are kicking against a 10% tax being imposed on their earnings...
East Africa KENYA: Mobile-money deals hit Ksh.4.5 trillion in three months by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 29, 2021 The value of mobile-money deals hit a quarterly Ksh.4.5 trillion record at the end of March this yea...
East Africa Uganda: 10.9m mobile money accounts are inactive by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 22, 2021 At least 10.9 million mobile money accounts are inactive, according to Bank of Uganda. In detai...
Nigeria Nigeria May Earn N462bn Annually From Electronic Transfer – World Bank by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 22, 2021 The World Bank has said that Nigeria is likely to make N462 billion from electronic money transfer (...
Nigeria Digitizing Social Protection and Humanitarian Payments in Nigeria by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 17, 2021 Author: Jacqueline Jumah Designation: Programme Head, Digital Financial Services at EFInAIn rec...
East Africa Feature: Rise in mobile money banking entrenches saving culture among low-income Zambians by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 16, 2021 The emergence of mobile money banking services has been seen as a blessing to many low-income earner...
Contributions Fintech Layer partners with UBA for digital banking by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 16, 2021 Digital banking platform provider, Layer on Tuesday announced it is partnering with United Bank for...
East Africa Commercial Bank of Ethiopia secures $2.4 billion remittances by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 15, 2021 The state-owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) announced it has collected $2.4 billion in remitta...
East Africa Education, health take most remittances to Kenya–survey by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 15, 2021 Education, healthcare, and household needs are the main uses of remittances in Kenya, an analysis by...
West Africa Hubtel launches Ghana’s first ever self-service myGhQR.com portal by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 15, 2021 Ghana’s direct bank-to-any-account contactless payment service myGhQR.com has been officia...
Contributions Financial inclusion in Africa requires more doing and less talking - 5 things to do by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 14, 2021 By Andy Jury, CEO of Mukuru There’s no shortage of articles espousing the virtues of fintech’s...
Nigeria Nigeria, SA, Kenya top sub-Saharan Africa’s e-commerce –Report by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 14, 2021 The top market contributors to e-commerce in sub-Saharan Africa over the last three years are South...
Nigeria Nigerian Payments App Paga May Be Africa’s Next Unicorn by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 14, 2021 Nigeria’s biggest mobile payments company is vying to become Africa’s next unicorn, and its ambition...
West Africa Ghana is the fastest growing mobile money market in Africa - Stanbic Bank by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 13, 2021 Mobile money transactions has emerged as the most preferred digital payment method in Ghana accordin...
West Africa Liberia: Lonestar Cell MTN Enhances Liberia's Digital Financial Platform, Launches MTN Mobile Money in-App Qr Code by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 13, 2021 Monrovia — In its bid to boost Liberia's digital financial platform, Lonestar Cell MTN has launched...
Southern Africa UL Collaborates with WIZZIT Digital to advance retail payments in Sub-Saharan Africa with launch of a SoftPOS with PIN Mobile Payment Pilot solution by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 09, 2021 UL, the global safety science leader, has announced the completion of a pilot project with WIZZIT Di...
East Africa Kenyan president sells mobile money to Ethiopians by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 09, 2021 President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged the Ethiopian government to adopt mobile money transfer methods a...
Southern Africa Telkom launches Africa’s first virtual card for transacting on WhatsApp by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 09, 2021 Ukheshe, Mastercard, Nedbank and Telkom collaborate to grow access to the digital economy with virtu...
Nigeria Nigerians using banks, mobile money, others hit 51% by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 08, 2021 Nigeria failed to reach its National Financial Inclusion Strategy for 2020 as it recorded 51 per cen...
Nigeria NIGERIA: Banks owe telcos N50b as new USSD pricing regime begins by MobileMoneyAfrica Jun 08, 2021 Although the fragile peace between Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and telecommunications operators over...