Tag: M-PESA

Vodacom’s annual results show minimal growth in operating revenue

Overall the firm appears to be doing well but locally customer figures are growing slowly and data customers have left the network.

Kenyans can now link M-PESA wallets to PayPal accounts

Kenyans can now buy and sell goods internationally, easily.

Forty percent of adults in 7 African countries now have active mobile money accounts

The number of active mobile money organisations operations in the region had reached 140 across 39 countries.

Tracking Kenya’s cash economy with new mobile survey platform

Safaricom and mSurvey have partnered to launch a chatbot service for cash consumers in Kenya.

Vodacom’s Neotel deal is officially dead and M-Pesa was a “tough choice”

At Vodacom’s annual results presentation this morning, a few related points stood out from the rands and cents.

Why FNB’s eWallet has out lived M-Pesa

Are mobile money services doomed to the same fate as Vodacom’s M-Pesa? According to FNB its eWallet service is flourishing.

Vodacom to close M-Pesa South Africa

The decision was made simply because the business model didn’t expand as quickly as possible – and 10 million users was a bit of a stretch.

Nomanini and Snapscan nominated in Africa’s best fintech solutions awards

Nine South African fintech companies have been nominated for the inaugural African Innovators Fintech Awards.

Kenyan UK expats can now make payments home with M-Pesa 

M-Pesa PayBill moves outside Kenya to the UK.

[ZA Tech Show] All African

Brett Haggard is joined by Google’s Michelle Atagana, Larry Madowo and Bankole Oluwafemi to talk tech.

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African communities and M-Pesa help crowdfund R7.7m for 75 pioneer innovations

Who said Africans don’t do crowdfunding?

Facebook building instant money transfers into mobile app

Sending rands to friends will be as easy as liking their wall posts in the Facebook app of the future.

Payments Dragon’s Den competition to unearth Africa’s next big mobile payment innovation

Got a mobile money startup? This is your chance to pitch.

M-PESA users can now send money to another country from their phone

That was the sound of Western Union going out of business.

Mobile phones to boost productivity and incomes of 30 000 Tanzanian farmers

Mobile phones from the CFA will give farmers better access to information and communication.

Vodacom wants to grow online store ten fold by 2016

Spurred by competition, the network operator wants to grow the percentage of sales transactions through its website from to 40% by the end of 2016.

[htxt.africast] Episode 1: Here we go

We’re proud to announce the beginning of something big here at htxt.africa

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M-PESA’s back: Vodacom relaunches mobile money in SA

Second time’s a charm for groundbreaking mobile money system in South Africa.