In case you are not aware, Social Engineers are those who use both social skills (e.g. psychological manipulations) and engineering tools (e.g. a software or a tech gadget) to achieve…

Kenya’s leading mobile service company Safaricom, has taken mobile money a notch higher and is now going global after signing a deal that will see users of MoneyGram send cash…

Since 6th February 2014, Safaricom and CBA have been running a promo for M-Shwari customers dubbed Fanikisha Na M-Swhari in a bid to grow the savings on M-Swhari. The promotion…

Safaricom’s major shareholder Vodafone is set to lower the fee charges on mobile money transfer service following the M-Pesa IT platform move from Germany to Kenya. Hosting the M-Pesa platform…

Leading service provider Safaricom partnering with Commercial Bank of Africa has announced plans to increase the number of  M-shwari customers a Paperless banking platform offered to M-pesa customers in the…

Dennis dashed into the busy fast food restaurant away from the drizzling chilly drops of rain in the darkening Moi Avenue. It was 7.30 PM. He didn’t care to read…

The unexpected move by Safaricom to agree to a settlement with Airtel Kenya regarding a case before the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) can be interpreted to mean that Safaricom…

There is this regulation that the government wants to implement requiring money transfer services operated by the telecos to be incorporated as separate companies. There is also the issue of…

It is either that Lipa na M-PESA ad is off the mark or Lipa na M-PESA itself is off the mark. Me thinks it’s both. The ad shows a guy…

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…

[pullquote]Swiping plastic money is already a thing of the past. The next thing to swipe is a smartphone[/pullquote] Today M-Pesa is the default money transfer service in Kenya with over…