Mocality aims to be ‘largest’ mobile business directory in Africa
If you’re in downtown Nairobi before the 4th of August, be sure to pop in to the Barber Q Hair Studio and get yourself a free head massage. The studio is on the 2nd Floor of El-Roi Plaza, close to the...
View ArticleKenya’s mobile money innovation boom
Kenya is quickly gaining a competitive advantage in the mobile payments space. Led by mobile operator giant Safaricom with their Mpesa product, the market locally sees huge value in mobile money...
View ArticleIndia’s mobile money revolution
India’s hunger for new technology is as sharp in its countless small villages as in its shiny office towers or shopping malls — and businesses are waking up to an area of massive potential growth....
View ArticleHow over-regulation has stifled the pace of mobile money adoption in Africa
In a continent where less than 20 percent of Africa’s population has a bank account and where latent demand for money services is so high, why are there no other success stories on the scale of...
View ArticleNFC is the future of African mobile money
Mobile money has made more of an impact in Africa than a number of other emerging market regions. In fact, through services like Safricom’s M-Pesa, people on the continent have been using their mobile...
View ArticleHow M-Pesa disrupts entire economies
Back in 2011, I was asked to give my thoughts on what I thought would trend in mobile within between then and 2020. One of my predictions was that: “Mobile money will shift economies on a large-scale...
View ArticleAfrica to fall from top spot as global mobile payments pass $235bn
Africa has led the world in mobile payments from the very start. A lack of wired infrastructure and large numbers of unbanked people with access to mobile phones meant that it was a natural fit. The...
View ArticleDon’t burn your wallet: why SA hasn’t reached its mobile, cashless future (yet)
When it comes to technologies that have failed to deliver on the hype that preceded them, it’s pretty difficult to beat mobile money in South Africa. Following the rise of MPesa in Kenya, everyone...
View ArticleFNB Easy Zero account drops the monthly charges, adds a physical card
FNB on Thursday announced a new digital account offering called Easy Zero for those who want “a fully-fledged digital bank account with a card” without monthly fees. Eazy Zero offers customers “free...
View ArticleStandard Bank launches Unayo mobile money platform
Standard Bank has launched Unayo, a mobile money platform that offers banking solutions to phone users on the African continent. The platform is a competitor to the likes of Vodacom’s M-Pesa and MTN’s...
View ArticleM-Pesa reaches 50 million monthly users – Vodafone
Vodafone has announced its M-Pesa mobile money platform has reached more than 50 million monthly users across the African continent. The company first launched the platform in Kenya in 2007. Today, the...
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