Following the requirement by CBK for reconfiguration of mobile money service providers, Airtel Money has discontinued its issuance of a code to withdraw funds. ...
Microsoft has partnered with M-PESA Africa to support its Capability Development Academy. Microsoft will provide access to the Microsoft Community Platform and ...
Safaricom has increased M-PESA transactions limit to KSh. 250,000 for each transaction up from Ksh. 150,000.
The move will see the addition of a new transact...
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Advances in technology over the years have seen most products and services being moved to the online space as people embraced e-commerce. Consequently, the rise...
Kenyan telecommunication company, Safaricom, have announced that they will reduce daily maintenance fees by up to 40% on their M-PESA overdraft service, Fuliza....
Safaricom's M-PESA overdraft facility, Fuliza, has grown since its launch in 2019. It is now a key way to get mobile loans for everyday use.
The loan facilit...
Safaricom has posted a net profit of Ksh. 67.49 Billion for the full year ended March 2022. According to the telco, this was due to the impact of KES 4.66 Billi...
The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) have announced the extension of the extension of the 100% penalty waiver to June 30 22. The waiver was introduced to cus...
MPESA, Safaricom's mobile money service, has announced a Ksh. 20 million sponsorship for the second edition of the Magical Kenya Ladies Golf Open. The tournamen...
Safaricom has announced a Ksh. 6 million sponsorship for the 10th edition of the East African Safari Classic Rally through its MPESA platform. The rally will of...
Safaricom has partnered with NSSF to launch the NSSF Mini app. The mini app will enable MPESA customers to conveniently access services through the NSSF Mini Ap...
The MPESA Foundation has funded the completion and equipping of the Gatunguru Health Centre to the tune of over Ksh. 9.2 million. The health facility will now i...
Mobile money transfer has quickly become the norm in Kenya, with most people transacting money via MPESA. MPESA agents are available almost everywhere in the co...
The MPESA Foundation in partnership with AMREF Health Africa have launched a Ksh. 150 million project to improve access to quality maternal health services in H...
Since the launch of the MPESA App in June this year, Safaricom has been constantly making adjustments and updates to match customer needs and enhance customer e...
The MPESA Foundation has launched the Daktari Smart telemedicine program in partnership with the Gertrude’s Hospital Foundation. The telemedicine program aims t...
Safaricom through a statement has announced that it will be conducting a maintenance exercise on its mobile money platform M-PESA tomorrow, Saturday 19th Octobe...
M-Tiba is a mobile-based health wallet that went live in Kenya in 2016. It has increasingly been influencing Kenya’s healthcare space ever since. Based on the M...
Kenyan customer loyalty startup CashBackApp has raised a Ksh. 52 million ($475,000) pre-seed funding round to help scale its service in Kenya. CashBackApp helps...
Huawei Mobile Services has partnered with Safaricom to launch a new payment method on its AppGallery. Huawei users can now make in-app purchases in their favour...
Late last week, Parliament passed the Finance Act 2021, which is an amendment to the Excise Duty Act 2015. This amendment has seen the excise duty on telephone ...
Huawei recently held the 6th edition of the Unitech Talk themed The role of e-commerce in trading. The talk brought together experts from the private sector and...
Safaricom has appointed Sitoyo Lopokoiyit as the M-PESA Africa managing director, effective April 1, 2021. In his new role, Lopokoiyit will be responsible for g...
Safaricom and the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) have partnered to launch a mobile payment solution for students in tertiary institutions. This payment me...
M-PESA has been voted Kenya’s leading Superbrand for the fourth year in a row, ahead of parent company Safaricom, which came second in a recent survey by market...
Safaricom has partnered with Forward Travellers to offer an M-PESA bus fare collection solution to commuters in Nairobi.
The service will be available in mor...
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The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) is a government sponsored program that gives educational loans to vulnerable students who cannot afford higher education...
Safaricom has officially launched M-PESA Bill Management service that offers a single point where customers can view all their bills, receive reminders and auto...
Once in a while you may find yourself sending money to the wrong person via Safaricom M-PESA. You can even send money to the wrong agent or send to the wrong Pa...
Safaricom, in December 2020, announced new charges for money transfers below Ksh. 2,500 on M-PESA, effective 1st January 2021. Charges for money transfers over ...
Mobile money transaction is big business in Kenya with the best known platform being M-PESA. M-PESA was launched in 2007 by Kenya's mobile telecommunications co...
Safaricom has announced a Ksh. 33.07 Billion net profit for the half year ended 30th September, 2020, this was a 6% drop in profitability from a similar period ...
Safaricom has hit a milestone with 200,000 businesses using their Lipa na M-PESA payment service. Lipa na M-PESA is a mobile payment service that enables busine...
Almost every Kenyan has received a call or text from an unknown number claiming to have sent them money on M-Pesa by mistake, they then pressure you to send it ...
Safaricom has launched a Lipa na Mpesa business app for its more than 170,000 merchants. The app names “Mpesa for Business“, will empower business owners to ac...
Safaricom has partnered with public transport sector players in Kenya to accept cashless payments through M-PESA in the ongoing battle to combat the spread of t...
Safaricom has announced that it has suspends charges for M-PESA transactions below Ksh. 1,000 in response to the Coronavirus crisis in Kenya. Kenya currently ha...
Mpesa has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Most Influential Finance Projects of the last 50 years by Project Management Institute (PMI) in its 2019 Most Inf...
Safaricom has partnered with travel reservation provider Travelport to enable travel consultants and agents to directly bill and pay with Safaricom M-PESA.
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Mobile loan service Tala has received Ksh. 11 billion ( USD 110 Million) series D funding to expand its business operations in the countries it operates in.
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