mobile money

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  FinTech

  How Wave became Francophone Africa’s first unicorn startup with 1% money transfer fee

  Michael Ajifowoke

  7th September 2021

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  FinTech

  pawaPay closes $9m seed round from MSA and Mr Eazi’s Zagadat Capital

  Damilare Dosunmu

  26th August 2021

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  FinTech

  CBN regulations holding back mobile money revolution in Nigeria

  Michael Ajifowoke

  23rd July 2021

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  FinTech

  Mobile money operators can issue cards but not loans or insurance, CBN says

  Timi Odueso

  13th July 2021

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  FinTech, The BackEnd

  Stax wants you to enjoy USSD with better design, without ever dialling codes again

  Alexander Onukwue

  20th May 2021

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  The Next Wave

  The Next Wave: Mobile money’s valuation illusion

  Alexander Onukwue

  19th April 2021

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  News

  MTN is talking up its mobile money business in hopes of a future IPO

  Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega

  13th April 2021

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  Features

  Why is Airtel selling 11.25% of its $2.65 billion mobile money business?

  Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega

  6th April 2021

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  News

  Confirmed: OPay temporarily shutters non-fintech verticals

  Abubakar Idris

  2nd July 2020

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  FinTech

  MPesa’s next level is now fully under Safaricom and Vodacom’s control

  Alexander Onukwue

  8th April 2020

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  African Tech Roundup

  Lockdown highlights Zimbabwe’s desperate dependence on foreign remittances

  Alexander Onukwue

  7th April 2020

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  FinTech

  West Africa is Africa’s mobile money rising star, according to GSMA’s 2019 report

  Alexander Onukwue

  2nd April 2020

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  African Tech Roundup

  Safaricom, Airtel Kenya waive mobile money fees for 90 days due to COVID-19

  Alexander Onukwue

  17th March 2020

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  Business, FinTech, Government, Internet, News, Policy, Products

  MTN granted operating license to launch financial service in Nigeria

  Abubakar Idris

  31st July 2019

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  FinTech, Mobile

  Kenyan Mobile Money Competitors Take on Safaricom

  Wole Olayinka

  1st March 2019

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  Business, Entrepreneurship, FinTech, Mobile, Products, Startups

  How Telco Partnerships Work in Nigeria

  Wole Olayinka

  13th December 2018

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  Digest

  Digest: How do women use mobile money?

  Osarumen Osamuyi

  20th September 2017

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  News

  SimbaPay is now processing money transfers to Ghana and Uganda

  Mobisola Atolagbe

  5th December 2016

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  News

  The people of Potiskum, a city in Northern Nigeria, have found a way around the cash deficit caused by Boko Haram

  Loretta Adamu

  31st October 2016

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  News

  Tanzania’s govt wants 10% of mobile money transactions, and people are not liking it

  Tola Agunbiade

  13th June 2016

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  FinTech, Internet, Mobile

  Mobile wallets: the key to seamless payments in Africa

  Andrew Takyi-Appiah

  7th March 2016

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  FinTech

  Introducing Payroll, a payment service tailored for SMEs by mobile payments service Paga

  Eric Mugendi

  29th February 2016

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  Features, FinTech, News

  Stellar.org and Oradian are bringing low cost money transfer to rural Nigeria

  Bankole Oluwafemi

  2nd February 2016

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  Events

  6th Remittance & Mobile Money Expo holds in Lagos on Feb 2-3

  Osarumen Osamuyi

  26th January 2016

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  News, Products

  Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Launches NFC-Enabled Sticker For Mobile Money Transactions

  Eric Mugendi

  11th December 2015

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  Apps, Developers, Ecosystem

  Sika wants Ghanaians to pay less on money transfers

  Gbenga Onalaja

  23rd November 2015

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  Mobile, News, Products

  Innovetices unveils SmartPesa, a new mobile PoS for the Nigerian market

  Ibukun Taiwo

  5th November 2015

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  News

  Kenya announces the first of its infrastructure bond to be bought via mPesa

  Gbenga Onalaja

  2nd October 2015

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  Events, News

  This Month’s MEST Talk in Ghana is about Mobile Money

  Olumuyiwa Coker

  27th August 2015

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  Ecosystem, News, Products

  Azimo’s partnership with HomeSend now allows more African countries receive remittances in mobile wallets

  Olumuyiwa Coker

  23rd July 2015

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  News

  Chronicles of Fundamo – the "Father of Mobile Money" tells all

  Ibukun Taiwo

  20th July 2015

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  Ecosystem, News

  Bank of Ghana outlines fresh regulations for telcos on mobile money in Ghana

  Gbenga Onalaja

  9th July 2015

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  News

  CBN says the total value of Mobile Money transactions in Nigeria is now more than $3.5 billion

  Lulu Fadoju

  9th July 2015

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  Ecosystem, News, People

  Join Tayo Oviosu’s Radar AMA This Thursday

  Bankole Oluwafemi

  30th June 2015

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  News

  Mobile Money Transactions in Nigeria are in Excess of $5 million Annually

  Lulu Fadoju

  15th June 2015

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  Developers, Ecosystem, Firehose

  Uber Nairobi is Now Accepting Cash and Mobile Money Payments. Here’s Why

  Bankole Oluwafemi

  4th June 2015

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  Ecosystem, News

  GTBank Introduces USSD Funds Transfer in Nigeria

  Gbenga Onalaja

  18th May 2015

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  Mobile, News

  MTN and Vodacom Ink Mobile Money Deal in East Africa

  Bolade Popoola

  21st April 2015

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  News, Policy

  Nigeria’s Central Bank Plans To Withdraw Inactive MMO Licenses

  Olumuyiwa Coker

  20th April 2015

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  News, People

  Five Ex-Employees of MTN Uganda Embroiled in a Mobile Money Debacle

  Olumuyiwa Coker

  16th April 2015