M-Pesa
Examining M-Pesa’s transformative role in mobile banking and economic change in emerging markets.
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Announcements
M-Pesa customers to get 5% off on Jumia throughout November
Safaricom and Jumia have said that customers will automatically have the 5% discount applied to their total shopping value once…
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Opinion
Safaricom is finally fixing M-Pesa’s Privacy issues …sort of.
With Safaricom's new 'Pochi la Biashara' the company is finally introducing small fixes to the big privacy issue currently affecting…
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News
Safaricom launches ‘Pochi la Biashara’ an M-Pesa wallet for small businesses
Safaricom has today announced Pochi la Biashara, a new wallet under M-Pesa targeting small businesses by offering a separate wallet…
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Opinion
Is Safaricom’s dominance good for the future of Kenya?
While one CANNOT say Safaricom got to its position unfairly, it would be unfair to say there's still a chance…
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News
MTN, Airtel & Stanbic ‘lose Billions’ in Uganda Mobile Money Hack
MTN, Airtel & Stanbic 'lose Billions' in Uganda Mobile Money Hack. Pegasus Technologies has had unknown hackers attack it, and…
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News
Safaricom ranks 7th in Fortune’s ‘Change the World’ List thanks to M-Tiba
Safaricom has been included in the 2020 Fortune Change the World List. This is the 6th time Fortune has made…
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Announcements
Safaricom M-Pesa now available on *334#
M-PESA on *334# brings together all services that have previously being offered through different USSDs saving customers from having to…
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News
Safaricom M-Gas to roll out to more homes across Kenya
M-Gas relies on Safaricom’s M-PESA and NB-IoT network to manage payments and ensure the flow of gas. This then means…
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News
M-Shwari increases loan limit to KES. 2000 shifting users to Fuliza
This now means that everyone who has been using M-Shwari to get loans of less than KES. 2000 will be…
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News
How Safaricom’s Lipa Mdogo Mdogo KES. 20-a-day Smartphone Plan Works
There are two things: First one needs to qualify for the plan, then there's a payment plan. Qualification is checked…
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News
Safaricom loses bid to limit free 1000-bob M-Pesa transactions
Safaricom has lost its bid to limit 1000 bob transactions to 5 a day. It had requested the Central Bank…
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Announcements
Vodacom M-Pesa customers can now send and receive money from over 200 countries
Tanzania’s leading mobile money service provider – Vodacom M-Pesa - has announced the expansion of its International Money Transfer service…
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Announcements
Central Bank extends free mobile money transactions and limits to December 31st 2020
CBK extends the emergency Measures to Facilitate Mobile Money Transactions in Kenya up to December 31st 2020.
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News
What the new Safaricom ‘M-Pesa for Business’ App does
Safaricom says the Smartphone App Empowers More Than 170,000 Businesses to Make Payments, and View Reports on The Go. Safaricom…
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Opinion
Banning the use of cash for Matatu fares needs proper thinking before implementation
The NTSA is proposing a ban on cashless payments for the matatu industry in a bid to promote cashless payments…