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Thu, November 1st 2012, 09:59 · Tefo Mohapi

Is M-Pesa really Kenyan or British?

Hailed as the “Kenyan technology success story”, many have claimed M-Pesa to be testimony to the greatness of the East African country’s technology scene, producing world-class technology companies that rival those in South Africa. But, is the acclaimed mobile money service really Kenyan at all? → Read more
Wed, October 24th 2012, 06:36 · Vincent Matinde

Kirigo Ng’arua’s identity stolen on Facebook, M-Pesa

Cybercrime in Kenya is fast escalating and is now affecting individuals, with Citizen TV anchor Kirigo Ng'arua finding out the hard way after her identity was stolen on Facebook and M-Pesa. → Read more
Tue, October 16th 2012, 09:59 · Dan Sudi

Kenya’s taxing authority to use M-Pesa for prompt service delivery

Kenyans planning to renew their driving license will no longer be required to queue for long hours at the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA after officials from the country’s tax collector confirmed that plans are underway to partner with mobile service providers in the country to offer a mobile money payment platform. → Read more
Mon, October 15th 2012, 08:36 · Dan Sudi

Vodacom Tanzania partners with World Food Programme through M-Pesa to boost pregnancy care

Telecom service provider Vodacom Tanzania has partnered with the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) in a health initiative aimed at supporting mother-child nutrition education courtesy of mobile money transfer service M-Pes → Read more
Mon, October 8th 2012, 14:07 · Tefo Mohapi

Kenya’s treasury to tax M-Pesa transactions

Following the recent strike in Kenya by state-employed teachers, lecturers and doctors, the country’s treasury has said it will cover the approximated US$300 million cost in wage increases through cost cutting and introduction of new taxes, including on mobile money transfer services such as M-Pesa. → Read more
Wed, September 5th 2012, 11:13 · Dan Sudi

Precision Air partners with Vodacom for M-Pesa Services

Tanzania Precision Air service has partnered with the leading mobile service provider Vodacom Tanzania to facilitate the purchase of air tickets via M-pesa services, Africa’s leading mobile money service. → Read more
Thu, August 23rd 2012, 11:57 · Elly Okutoyi

Safaricom tightens security on M-Pesa with Fraud Management system

Kenya’s giant network operator Safaricom has signed a deal with a UK-based technology company Neural Technologies that will see the latter develop and implement a fraud management system for M-Pesa mobile money service. → Read more
Wed, July 18th 2012, 14:17 · HumanIPO

How M-Pesa clambered to top spot among world’s mobile money services

In April 2007, Safaricom launched M-Pesa, a cellphone-based payment and money transfer service. The service is currently one the world’s most adverted in connection with mobile money payment system. → Read more
Thu, May 10th 2012, 21:45 · Elly Okutoyi

M-pesa, Africa’s premier mobile money, now seeks to include ATM use

Safaricom, a top mobile network operator in Kenya, and PesaPoint, country’s independent ATM network, are in the advanced stages of testing a new system that would enable users of its mobile money service, M-Pesa, use ATMs in 32 of the East African nation’s 42 banks. → Read more
Mon, January 16th 2012, 13:29 · Gythan Munga

Android App Monitoring M-PESA Transactions

Android users can now download an app from the Android market that lets them track their MPESA transactions from one location. M-Pesa is an award winning mobile money transfer service launched in Kenya, Tanzania and Afghanistan. In Kenya alone, the service had over 16 million subscribers as of November last year. → Read more
Tue, December 9th 2014, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju

PesaCalc launched to help Kenya’s mobile money users save money

Kenyan mobile app company Mobile Matrix has released PesaCalc, a free Android app that helps mobile money users in Kenya save money when using mobile money services. → Read more
Fri, October 24th 2014, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju

Guest Post: Mobile money – time for a reality check?

Vahid Monadjem is the co-founder and CEO of Nomanini, South Africa-based mobile Point of Sale service for facilitating cash transactions in emerging markets. In this guest post, he called for a closer look at the mobile money sector especially in Africa where it is extensively believed that mobile money is on a meteoric rise. But as far as Monadjem is concerned, mobile money has not yet arrived. → Read more
Thu, October 16th 2014, 16:03 · Susan Mwenesi

Tanzania to use mobile technology to increase productivity for farmers

About 30 000 farmers of Olam's coffee, cotton and cocoa in Tanzania stand to benefit from the Connected Farmer Alliance (CFA) agreement that will front the use of mobile technology to increase productivity. → Read more
Tue, October 7th 2014, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Equity Bank issues mobile banking smart SIM for mobile banking and communications services

Equity Bank will be issuing ultra-thin mobile banking smart SIM with patented technology from Taisys Technologies to provide mobile banking and mobile communication services to their customers in Kenya. → Read more
Mon, October 6th 2014, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Airtel Kenya appoints new executives

Bharti Airtel, has today announced the appointment of Topyster Muga and Venkateshwaran (Venkat) Ramakrishnan as the new head of Airtel Money and finance director respectively for its operation in Kenya. → Read more
Mon, September 29th 2014, 16:12 · Susan Mwenesi

Social media the most effective marketing tool for startups – Designer Young Freddie

Quite a number of people have taken to social media to market their products and services and a young Kenyan designer Fredrick Gitari aka Young Freddie swears by the new marketing tool as well when marketing his African print shoes and accessories. → Read more
Fri, September 19th 2014, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi

We want to change the fashion ecosystem one click at a time says Kenyas’ Mode Mara

Kenyan duo of Hellen Langat and Michelle Ouma has set out to change the Kenyan fashion ecosystem by providing an online platform that addresses the problems of lack of exposure, expensive retail space and lack of formal networks that often stand in the way of local designers’ careers. → Read more
Thu, August 21st 2014, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Equity Bank, Safaricom to meet CAK over ultra-slim SIMs

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) will on Friday meet with Safaricom and Equity Bank in the final stage of consultation before the regulator rules on Equity Bank’s proposed use of paper-thin SIM cards. → Read more
Thu, August 21st 2014, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi

Q&A : Timothy Stranex, BitX

Despite the lack of awareness and mistrust, Bitcoin is becoming popular in Africa, and Kenya now has another entrant, Bit X. HumanIPO caught up with Bit X’s Timothy Stranex to talk about the company’s Kenyan launch, and how Bitcoin can be integrated with M-Pesa. → Read more
Tue, August 19th 2014, 09:30 · Susan Mwenesi

Bitcoin exchange BitX launches in Kenya

Bitcoin exchange BitX has launched in Kenya, integrating preferred local financial systems such as M-Pesa and bank transfers to enable efficient international payments. → Read more