Long gone are the days when bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were seen as something to shun. While many Kenyans were understandably skeptical at first, the tides have turned. Kenya is…

Mastercard has announced a partnership with Samsung, Airtel Africa, and Asante Financial Services Group to drive the digital economy across Africa starting in Uganda through the launch of the Pay-on-Demand…

Safaricom has announced that it has hit over 30 million subscribers on its network, cementing the telco’s position as the most preferred mobile service provider in Kenya today. The amount…

Safaricom’s dominance in the mobile market is set to face the ultimate test as the government seeks to implement recommendations from a 2017 report on the state of dominance in…

Orange Money is no more, this is because Telkom Kenya discontinued the platform; being one the changes the teleco made when it rebranded from Orange to Telkom Kenya. One of…

It is really frustrating when you have to move around trying to locate an Airtel Money agent. Some of the shops branded as Airtel Money agents do not offer the…

Why do you have to pay money to send money? That is a question that has been posed a number of times but somehow eluded the ears of the target…

Most individuals in Kenya use M-Pesa to send money to friends, family and acquaintances. The downside of this is that Safaricom double charges you. Yes, that is the truth. You…

Every single mobile service provider in Kenya offers a mobile payment service. Safaricom are the pioneer’s in this segment with their M-Pesa platform. The other Telco’s saw how impressive this…

Equitel money, the mobile transfer service from Equity Bank, has doubled its value of transactions in the mobile money business in three months. The latest report from the market oversight…

The UnlimiNet deal is already sweet as it is. But what if I told you it gets even sweater. Why pay Ksh.2000 or ksh.1000 for the UnlimiNet Monthly offer and…

I&M account holders will now be able to “pull” money from their bank accounts into their Airtel Money Wallets or vice versa. This is following a partnership by the two…

KCB Group and Airtel have signed a strategic partnership that will henceforth allow Airtel subscribers to walk into KCB outlets and deposit or withdraw money from Airtel Money. The merge…

By just a dial of a short code, Airtel money customers will henceforth be in a position to inquire for KRA services, generate KRA payment reference number (PRN or an…

Mobile money users in Kenya – and the rest of the word – have one major challenge: to send money only to land in the wrong hands. Many Kenyans using…

Airtel subscribers can now pay their taxes through Airtel Money thanks to the Airtel-Kenya Revenue Authority merge. The partnership will allow customers across the country to inquire for KRA services,…

I’m sick and tired of Safaricom’s M-PESA. I don’t want to receive neither do I want to send money via M-PESA; and I bet there are a significant number of Kenyans…

Mobile money platform, M-Pesa has made headlines over the last two weeks with claims that the product is for the first time facing intense competition in the Kenyan market. First,…

It’s been a month since I told a close friend of the plan Equity Bank has on mobile money business yet the excitement I saw in him is still very…

BitPesa a platform that offers free money transfers from nearly anywhere in the world to any Kenyan mobile money wallet; M-Pesa, Airtel Money, Orange Money and Yu Cash within minutes…

How about a three joint mobile money agent to cover for the three dominating telecommunication companies in Kenya? Airtel Kenya petitioned the competition watch dog to take action on Safaricom…

For some reason the government wants the telecommunication companies to open separate companies that will operate their mobile cash business units. If the plans contained in the new National Payment System…

Co-operative Bank of Kenya and Airtel Kenya have entered into a partnership that will enable Co-op Bank Mobile Money Subscribers to deposit and withdraw money directly from their phones using…