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Articles tagged with: Safaricom and M Pesa
Kenyans Living in the UK Can Send Money to Mobile Phones in Kenya
Kenyans can now receive money from friends and family in the United Kingdom directly to their M-PESA mobile banking accounts. The launch of the international component of M-PESA, managed by safaricom follows a successful pilot project with selected outlets in the UK. more
Related Tags: mobile-banking, UK
Kenyan Operator to Offer Mobile Money Transfers from the UK
Kenya's safaricom and The Western Union Company are to pilot a cross-border Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) service between the UK and Kenya. This service will enable customers to send cross-border remittances from select locations directly to safaricom mobile subscribers in Kenya generally in minutes. more
Related Tags: vodafone, mobile-payments, western-union, Kenya
East Africa's telecom market has great opportunities for growth
Over 450 telecommunications professionals gathered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for the opening of East Africa Com, the region's annual event for the telecommunications industry. The conference started with a keynote presentation from Bashar Arafeh, Celtel International's COO for the East Africa region, who was keen to point out that "East African markets, being currently under market average, hold plenty of room for growth." more
Related Tags: roaming, gsm-association, huawei, mtn, mtn-uganda, hspa, zain, vodacom, celtel, vodacom-tanzania
Mobile Money Transfers to Launch in Tanzania
Some 4.1 million Vodacom customers in Tanzania will soon be able to use their mobile phones to send money home following the expansion of the Vodafone backed, M-PESA service. Vodacom plans to launch the service at the end of this month. more
Related Tags: vodacom, vodacom-tanzania, Tanzania
Safaricom Mobile Money Transfer Coming to the UK
Kenya's safaricom is preparing to expand its mobile money transfer service, M-Pesa to allow transfers between Kenya and the UK, the company's chief executive has said. Mr Michael Joseph told the Business Daily that trials were on for the service that would enable Kenyans living in the UK to send money to their relatives back home through M-Pesa. more
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