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Wed, December 18th 2013, 08:00 · Selipha Kihagi

Uchumi shoppers in Tanzania to pay via M-Pesa

Vodacom Tanzania has entered into a partnership with the Uchumi supermarket chain that will give its customers an opportunity to pay for goods using its mobile money service M-Pesa. → Read more
Sat, November 30th 2013, 08:00 · Selipha Kihagi

Tanzanians to pay for fuel services via M-Pesa

Vodacom Tanzania has entered into a partnership with Oilcom, a Tanzania-based oil company, allowing motorists in the country to pay for fueling services through mobile money platform M-Pesa. → Read more
Mon, November 18th 2013, 12:30 · Nick Sato

M-Pesa bags Global Money Transfer Service Award in Dubai

Safaricom’s M-Pesa has been awarded the best operator-led mobile money service at the sixth Mobile Money Global Awards held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). → Read more
Thu, November 14th 2013, 13:00 · Nick Sato

Lipa na M-Pesa now available at Shell stations

Safaricom and Vivo Energy Kenya have partnered to allow Shell petrol station customers to pay for fuel using the new cashless payments platform Lipa na M-Pesa. → Read more
Mon, November 11th 2013, 09:32 · Richard Cutcher

Vodacom doubles international data revenue, M-Pesa takes off

Vodacom Group, which operates networks in four African countries outside of South Africa, has reported more than 100 per cent data revenue growth in those markets, another indication of the continent’s rapidly increasing mobile data usage. → Read more
Wed, October 30th 2013, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

Safaricom, Western Union partner to allow free M-Pesa remittances

Safaricom and Western Union have partnered for a promotional deal that allows Western Union users in Europe to send money to Kenyan M-Pesa accounts for free until the end of 2013. → Read more
Thu, October 17th 2013, 16:00 · Nick Sato

Safaricom’s M-Pesa platform may be opened up to other mobile firms

Kenya’s leading service provider Safaricom may open up its mobile money platform M-Pesa to rival network operators in the country. → Read more
Thu, October 10th 2013, 14:00 · Richard Cutcher

Uber exploring M-Pesa payment integration for Nairobi service

Uber is keen on developing mobile money integration into its taxi hailing app as it prepares to roll out in more African countries. → Read more
Fri, September 27th 2013, 19:00 · Nick Sato

Kenyans to pay “matatu” fare with Lipa Na M-Pesa

Safaricom is working on introducing a lipa na M-Pesa service for Kenya’s popular Matatu public transport industry, where commuters will pay fares using mobile money. → Read more
Tue, September 24th 2013, 20:00 · Richard Cutcher

Tanzanian M-Pesa down for eight hours

Vodacom Tanzania has apologised to its M-Pesa customers after the mobile money service unexpectedly went down for eight hours during a planned network upgrade. → Read more
Tue, September 24th 2013, 10:00 · Kamau Mbote

M-Pesa Westgate donations hit $625k

Donations to the victims of the attack on Westgate mall in Kenya through mobile money platform M-Pesa reached KSh54.4 million (US$625,000) on Tuesday morning, with the contribution increasing by around KSh1 million (US$11,000) per hour. → Read more
Wed, September 18th 2013, 17:30 · Nick Sato

Standard Chartered launches new mobile payment service with M-Pesa

Kenya’s Standard Chartered Bank has partnered with Safaricom to launch a mobile wallet service targeted at corporate clients. → Read more
Thu, September 12th 2013, 19:00 · Kamau Mbote

Safaricom reduces Lipa Na M-Pesa charges

Kenyan network operator Safaricom has announced the reduction of Lipa Na M-Pesa charges from 1.5 per cent to one per cent. → Read more
Wed, August 21st 2013, 19:30 · Kamau Mbote

Kenyans to pay rent through M-Pesa

Safaricom is to begin facilitating the collection of rent in Kenya, following the launch of a payment service dubbed Lipa Kodi na M-Pesa. → Read more
Thu, August 8th 2013, 19:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Kenya’s law services now available through M-Pesa

Safaricom and the State Law Office have signed a KSh14m (US$166,666) agreement to decentralise its services. → Read more
Thu, August 8th 2013, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Vodacom Tanzania rewards M-Pesa customers

Vodacom Tanzania has extended another offer to customers using LUKU prepaid electricity that will give them 5 per cent of the money charged when they purchase through M-Pesa. → Read more
Mon, August 5th 2013, 12:30 · Nick Sato

Orange Kenya airtime available through M-Pesa

Orange Kenya subscribers can now purchase airtime via rival network Safaricom’s mobile money transfer platform M-Pesa. → Read more
Fri, August 2nd 2013, 11:00 · Kamau Mbote

Salaries and dividends to be paid through M-Pesa

Large sums of money, such as salaries and dividends, can now be paid using mobile money after Barclays Bank of Kenya and Safaricom formed a new partnership. → Read more
Fri, July 12th 2013, 10:20 · Susan Mwenesi

Safaricom moves to reassure customers on M-Pesa delays

Kenya’s Safaricom has reassured its customers normal M-Pesa services have been restored after it was reported the service was experiencing some delays this morning. → Read more
Mon, July 8th 2013, 12:11 · Nick Sato

Kipochi launches first Bitcoin wallet in Africa with M-Pesa integration

Kenyan Bitcoin wallet Kipochi has launched a service which enables people to send and receive the virtual currency and convert it to and from an M-Pesa balance. → Read more