Safaricom has announced a partnership with TerraPay, operating as Mobex Kenya, to enable more than 32 million M-PESA customers to send and receive money to more than 200 million people across Bangladesh and Pakistan. “We [c]
Kenya’s mobile network operators – Telkom, Safaricom, and Airtel – have announced that subscribers can now make direct mobile money payments to an M-PESA Pay Bill Number from any network. The move follows the telcos’ [c]
Safaricom has rewarded 72 M-PESA business owners with pick-ups and tuk-tuks as part of the ongoing Biashara Ni M-PESA Promotion. A total of 8 business owners from the 8 regions including Coast, Western, Central, Eastern, [c]
Safaricom and Huawei have today announced the trial of an innovative new solution for restaurants, “Scan & Order”. This solution helps restaurants digitize their menu and ordering systems enabling them to provide better customer service, [c]
As guided by the Central Bank of Kenya and taking into account the Principles on the Pricing of Mobile Money Services, Safaricom has taken the decision to reduce its M-PESA tariffs by up to 45% for lower [c]
Safaricom has partnered with Travelport, a global travel reservation provider, to enable travel consultants and agents to directly bill and invoice with M-PESA. Marking a global first, the integration will empower more than 800 travel [c]
Persons living with visual impairment and blindness can now access M-PESA messages independently in braille format and conduct financial transactions with confidentiality following the introduction of DOT Braille Watch, a partnership between Safaricom and DOT [c]
Safaricom has launched a loyalty promotion that seeks to reward all M-PESA customers and agents. Dubbed “Maisha Ni M-PESA Tu” – #MaishaNiMPESAtu – the promotion will reward customers every time they send and receive money, transfer [c]
By Paula Nasser Michael Joseph is a bundle of energy. He’s survived a helicopter crash, been paragliding at the age of 70, and recovered from a life threatening illness in a record time. As he says, [c]
Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) and Safaricom have marked the 5th anniversary of M-Shwari, Kenya’s first mobile lending and saving solution which has been a game-changer in the industry providing financial services to over 21 [c]
Safaricom has launched M-PESA services for visually impaired customer in line with the theme for this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities to create a more sustainable and resilient society for all. The new service will [c]
Since it officially launched operations in 2000, Safaricom has only been led by two CEOs – the first Michael Joseph who served from 2000 till 2010 when he handed the reins to current boss Bob [c]
Local investors keen to take in M-Akiba, the government issued retail bond, can do so via PesaLink, the real time interbank money transfer service. As part of the ongoing efforts to ease access to M-Akiba, [c]
MYDAWA, the e-health platform that enables Kenyans to buy drugs from their mobile phones, has launched a program to reward new and returning customers who purchase healthcare, fitness and wellness products from their website or [c]
Safaricom will over the next three weeks conduct an upgrade of the M-PESA platform, the third major upgrade since M-PESA’s launch 10 years ago, and the first such upgrade since the platform was moved from [c]
A new case study by the United Nations-based Better Than Cash Alliance shows how agriculture NGO One Acre Fund, in partnership with Citi Inclusive Finance, successfully digitized loan repayments for farmers in Kenya. This move significantly [c]
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