Mobile Money
Explore how Mobile Money is revolutionizing financial transactions and banking across the globe.
- News
Apple Launches Tap to Pay on iPhone in South Africa. Kenya Still Locked Out
Apple's Tap to Pay on iPhone is now live in South Africa with Yoco and iStore Pay. Kenya still waits.
- News
KCB is the latest, and largest, bank to join Pesalink’s industry-wide flat KES 20 pricing. Transfers under KES 1,000 are now free.
KCB joins Pesalink's flat KES 20 pricing for transfers above KES 1,000, with smaller sends free, pressuring rivals.
- Business
The Quiet Telco Truce: Why Airtel Is Sharing Pipes With Its Biggest African Rivals
Airtel Africa's deals with MTN, Vodacom and SpaceX point to a telco truce that has direct implications for Kenya's market.
- Business
From $2.65 Billion to $10 Billion: The Airtel Money IPO Story Is Bigger Than the Delay
Airtel Money's IPO is delayed to H2 2026, but its valuation has climbed from $2.65 billion in 2021 to potentially…
- Business
The KES 80 Billion Question: Who Wins from Safaricom’s Record Year, and Who Pays?
Safaricom paid its biggest dividend ever in FY26. It is also the last under the old shareholder structure. Here is…
- Opinion
KRA Has Been Trying to Get Inside Your M-Pesa for a Decade. eTIMS Is How They Do It.
KRA tried in 2016 and again in 2024 to legislate blanket access to your mobile money. It got blocked both…
- Business
Safaricom FY26: M-PESA Hits KES 183 Billion, Now 45.6% of Revenue
M-PESA hit KES 183 billion, 45.6% of Safaricom Kenya revenue. Merchants doubled. Fuliza surged. The fintech shift accelerates.
- Opinion
Tax Cuts on Phones and Telecom Gear Could Connect Millions More Africans, Says GSMA Policy Chief
GSMA Africa Policy Chair Daddy Mukadi calls for tax exemptions on smartphones and telecom equipment to boost digital inclusion.
- Startups
Stellar Launches Its First EMEA Accelerator With CV Labs, Offering Startups Up to $150,000 in Funding
The 12-week programme targets early-stage startups building payments, tokenised assets, and DeFi applications across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
- News
Apple Launches Tap to Pay on iPhone in Malaysia. Kenya Still Isn’t on the Map
Apple brings Tap to Pay to Malaysia, expanding iPhone-as-POS globally. Kenyan merchants still wait, held back by missing Apple Pay.
- Opinion
DTB’s New Tap-to-Pay Wearables Quietly Solve Kenya’s Apple NFC Problem
DTB launches NFC-enabled rings and wristbands in Kenya from KES 1,200. Tap-to-pay linked to your DTB debit card.
- How To/ Explained
The Architecture of Ambition: How M-Shwariβs Logic is Engineering a Saving Culture
How the logic behind M-Shwari's Lock Savings is quietly engineering better saving habits for a generation of young Kenyan professionals.
- News
Craft Siliconβs TouristTap Now an Authorised Payment Option at Kenyaβs Parks, Hotels and Attractions
Craft Siliconβs TouristTap approved across Kenyaβs Parks and Hotels. Card to Till payments, refer all commissions and 24 hour support…
- News
Bitcoin Is Already Running in Kibera. Now Nairobi Hosts the Conference That Could Shape Its Future.
The gap between how Bitcoin is actually used in places like Kibera and how regulators plan to govern it is…
- Interesting Reads
Kenya’s 2025 in Numbers: How Four Quarters of Data Reveal a Digital Economy in Overdrive
Mobile money hit 98%, smartphones overtook feature phones, and 5G users doubled their data appetite across 2025.
