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 a credit/debit…

Mobile technology has greatly transformed our lifestyles in the 21st century.   It is increasingly making it more convenient for customers to pay utility bills, withdraw or deposit money in their bank…

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 is the most used commuter card…

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 within Nairobi in a…

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 cash around feels secure…

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 that enables businesses to manage…

Commuters will henceforth enjoy cashless payment following a collaboration between Matatu Owners Association (MOA), Safaricom and other organizations to launch a cashless payment dubbed “My 1963” for Nairobi routes. The…

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 money to the…

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…

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 us…

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 virtual mobile operator company…

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 from stringent conditions and requirements of…

Two days ago The Standard published an article titled Safaricom in rare panic mode as bluechip firms go after telecoms’ billions. Although the article pointed out players such as the MNVO operators…

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, not…

Safaricom’s Ex CEO Michael Joseph has today received the prestigious Leadership in Technology Management Award from PICMET (Portland International Centre For Management of Engineering and Technology) recognizing his work developing…

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…

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 and Yu Cash within minutes…

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 of…

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. Since then, life has never been…

In Kenya today, M-Pesa delays are common occurrences with the mobile platform being the dominant service for money transfer, 10 minutes to an hour to even 24 hrs are worth…

Telecommunications companies; Airtel and Safaricom have asked to negotiate an out-of-court settlement in a case Airtel accused rival company of abusing its market dominance in provision of mobile money transfer…

Have you ever done it? Bought Airtime instead of withdrawing the sent amount? No, I haven’t done that but I’ve been caught in a situation of the sort. It was…

Leading mobile subscriber Safaricom, today rolled out one of the first websites in the country that puts the needs of the visually impaired at the core of its development. Safaricom’s…

This is the second part of Equity to M-PESA inconveniences. For my own experience, read “The inconvenience of Equity to M-PESA, Part 1“. I’m a friend to Jack, who is…

Part 1 of two parts I have never been good with deadlines. Tell me what to do and I will do it, just don’t tell me when. Deadlines make me…

Leading service provider Vodafone in partnership with private sector ICICI Bank has launched an M-Pesa facility in Tamil Nadu that will allow mobile customers in the region to deposit, withdraw…

M-Pesa in conjunction with vodafone’s mobile wallet has plans underway of launching out-cash services through M-Pesa also considering a pan-india network in the next couple of months. Business head of…