In an age where technology continues to evolve at an exponential pace, the integration of smart devices into consumers’ daily routines has become increasingly prevalent. From smartphones to smartwatches, these devices have not only transformed communication and access to information but have also revolutionized financial transactions. The...
As part of the ongoing separation of Airtel Africa’s mobile money business from the parent telecommunications company, Airtel Kenya’s division has become the latest to spin off its mobile money services and will now be operated under a separate legal entity. In an interview with...
Internet access is the foundation of any digital economy. Without it, there can be no digital transformation, which explains why expanding coverage has been a central pillar of national digitization strategies the world over. In the East African state of Uganda, internet penetration has experienced...
African money transfer service M-Pesa has debuted bill pay interoperability that lets Airtel and Telkom customers make mobile money payments directly into Safaricom’s M-PESA Pay Bill Numbers. The move comes in the wake of the company’s announcement in April that allowed Kenyans to make mobile...
April 01, 2021
The mobile payments surge is global in scope, touching all regions and countries. That’s especially apparent in Africa, where as reported Thursday (April 1), Airtel Africa is getting a $100 million investment from Mastercard that valued the platform at roughly $2.7 billion, and which would give Mastercard a 3.7 percent stake in the firm. In part the […]
July 13, 2017
Over the last 18 months, India has moved full-speed ahead from a nearly entirely cash-based society to one with ambitions of being totally cashless. The most public — and most famous...
July 15, 2022
African money transfer service M-Pesa has debuted bill pay interoperability that lets Airtel and Telkom customers make mobile money payments directly into Safaricom’s M-PESA Pay Bill Numbers. The move comes in the wake of the company’s announcement in April that allowed Kenyans to make mobile money payments to M-PESA Buy Goods and Services Tills from […]
July 30, 2021
Telecoms operator Airtel Africa notched a $200 million investment for its Airtel Mobile Commerce unit from the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), MarketWatch and other news outlets reported on Friday (July 30). ...
January 13, 2021
Airtel, India’s largest telecom service provider, has teamed up with Amazon to launch a mobile-only video entertainment platform. Prime Video Mobile Edition is a single-user subscription service. India is the...
January 13, 2017
Airtel, the largest telecom provider in India, announced Thursday (Jan. 12) the national launch of a mobile payments bank, which, according to a report, is India’s first one. According to...
