Telecommunications business in Africa has over the time become vibrant and highly competitive. In the last five years, the continent has had the fastest ..
Safaricom’s CEO, Bob Collymore may be having best intentions in mind for Kenyans in new talks with the teleco’s partner Vodafone, to reduce propriety ..
After long anticipation for ‘The Box’ from Safaricom, the company has finally launched the DVB-2 device known as ‘TheBigBox’ designed to deliver ..
Safaricom profits are up by 38% after tax to Kshs 31.9bn in the year ended 31st March 2015 in what was influenced by the diversified use of Mobile money ..
After 24 months of installing M-Pesa servers locally, the telco has finally brought the mobile money services home after a weekend of indefinite shut down. ..
M-PESA shutdown is coming this weekend as per the schedule provided below: FROM THURSDAY Registration of new customers will not be allowed starting Thursday ..
In a quest to ensure a performance of full scale system upgrade aimed at improving efficiency and speed over the next week, Safaricom has announced commencement ..
There is a new mobile bank product in town courtesy of KCB and Safaricom – the KCB M-PESA Account. This comes after KCB introduced another mobile ..
Yesterday Easy Taxi launched a new feature in its mobile App for an in app cashless payment. The Easy Taxi Pay, as it is called, allows a passenger with ..
Mobile technology has greatly transformed our lifestyles in the 21st century. It is increasingly making it more convenient for customers to pay utility ..
Kenya’s first commuter card has announced exit from the Kenyan market after what seems like strategy gone bad. Formally unveiled in April 2013, BebaPay ..
Since the official presidential flag off of “my 1963” a prepaid card used to pay fares, Matatu owners association has put in effort to create awareness ..
The cashless system in Kenya is officially pie in the sky following numerous innovations, launches and ideas turned null. The thought of not having to carry ..
Courtesy of innovate Africa meet Zege Technologies’ MPayer, a mobile payment alternative to M-Pesa aimed at small businesses. MPAYER is a mobile and web application ..
Commuters will henceforth enjoy cashless payment following a collaboration between Matatu Owners Association (MOA), Safaricom and other organizations to launch ..
From a highlight I had earlier done on MoneyGram partnering with a telecommunications company in the country to enable use of money wallets to send and receive ..
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 ..
Kenyans might not always agree with each other on at least a tangible list of things that some may refer to as touchy subjects. Even so, habits still bind ..
You are bound to notice an expression of joy whenever you mention thin sim technology to an average Kenyan who is expecting Equity Bank, via it’s ..
Introduction There is a new product in the global town, Apple Pay; and this product is a big threat to a local big fish that we all care so much about, ..
The year 2007 saw the birth of an incredible mobile product M-pesa. Kenya’s banking sector took a complete turn and finally, someone rescued Kenyans ..
Two days ago The Standard published an article titled Safaricom in rare panic mode as bluechip firms go after telecoms’ billions. Although the article ..
Customer care service by Equity Bank is great, actually so great that when my account lay dormant for several months they took their time to give me a call, ..
Safaricom’s Ex CEO Michael Joseph has today received the prestigious Leadership in Technology Management Award from PICMET (Portland International Centre ..
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 ..
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 ..
Mobile money product MobiKash has broken into the already chaotic industry where the big fish are up in arms against each other, small fish dying out and now an outfit ..
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 ..
This is still a question I have not really figured yet. With the competition Act a section of the Kenyan law terming a company that controls at least half ..
Leading mobile operator Safaricom gave Kenya an outfit to forever thank them for— M-Pesa. 2007 saw the birth of the now popular transaction platform. ..