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Mobile Money Helps Displaced Congolese Survive Amid Coronavirus Threat
Vital help now comes by mobile phone and hence reduces the transmission risks linked with physical interactions.
- Categories
- Coronavirus, Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- cash transfers
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South Sudan’s M-Gurush Joins Mobile Money Remittance Business
The launch of this remittance service comes at a time where digital money transfer services such as mobile money and electronic banking are being supported by various governments as a way to curb the spread of COVID-19.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Why COVID-19 Could Delay Interswitch, Africa’s Next Big IPO
The tech firm’s path from startup to IPO aspirant traces back to the vision of founder Mitchell Elegbe, a Nigerian electrical engineering graduate whose entire career has pretty much been Interswitch.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Fintech Firm Flutterwave launches SME E-Commerce Portal
The service will start in 15 African countries and the only fees Flutterwave will charge (for now) are on payments. Otherwise, it’s free for SMEs to create an online storefront and for buyers and sellers to transact goods.
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- e-commerce, fintech, startups
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Airtel Enhances Financial Inclusion Via Technology in Tanzania
Airtel Tanzania has said it is committed to enhance innovation and technology, particularly through Timiza Akiba platform to advance financial inclusion for all Tanzanians.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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CTI Africa Chooses Vonage to Power Breakthrough Telehealth Solution in Uganda
With Vonage’s Video API, CTI Africa Limited is bringing advanced telehealth capabilities to the developing world, providing rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa with high quality, affordable medical care and holistic solutions to address economic and social challenges.
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- Health Care, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Visa and Kenya’s Safaricom Partner on M-Pesa, Payments and Tech
The arrangement opens to M-Pesa’s own extensive financial services network in East Africa Visa’s global merchant and card network across 200 countries.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mobile Money Interoperability in Ghana Goes up by Over 350% in the First Quarter of 2020
The money transfer across different mobile networks, which is referred to as Mobile Money Interoperability (MMI), has increased by 358% in the first quarter of 2020.
- Categories
- Finance, Telecommunications
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- digital payments, fintech
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