An Abu Dhabi-based financial technology initiative plans to extend its blockchain technology to millions of Africans through ...

Hang around Silicon Valley long enough, and you will hear about the “Lean Startup Approach,” a methodology developed by Steve Blank and popularized by Eric Ries. The Lean Startup Approach emphasizes ...

The KDIC says in a fresh report that excluding mobile money users from the deposit insurance system has left a significant ...

Safaricom, the mobile network operator behind M-Pesa has released an Application Programming Interface (API) for all developers who want to create solutions tied directly into their payment systems.

Kenya’s M-Pesa is making a comeback in South Africa after failed attempts four years ago. During its initial launch it had only a million subscribers and had to be shut down. This is what happens when ...

With the rise of new technology across the globe, digital disruptions have increased along with challenges such as fraud, ...

The country's successful mobile banking and payments initiative, M-Pesa, turns 10, while the rest of the world plays catch-up. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is ...

Everyone says their fintech will change lives. This one did. One of the world's most influential and important fintechs has just passed another milestone. Africa's first mobile payment service, M-Pesa ...

Executive Summary: In 2007, M-Pesa started in Kenya as a CSR pilot project by Safaricom, a Vodafone subsidiary, to transfer money over mobile because it was unsafe to carry cash. But soon it changed ...