Safaricom and Gulfcap Investment Bank (GCIB) have launched Ziidi Shari’ah Money Market Fund, expanding access to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Airtel Money has already set off the price fight by cutting fees charged on merchant payment platforms in the past three ...

Mobile payments have gained significant traction in emerging economies throughout Africa, and a few players are beginning to make use of these technologies for B2B payments, too. M-Pesa operates in ...

I've heard about a new mobile microfinancing application/service called M-Pesa, which is gaining popularity overseas on cheap mobile phones. How does it work, and how does M-Pesa security protect ...

Ten years ago on Tuesday, a gutsy Kenyan company launched a mobile money initiative that would change the lives of millions. Its name is M-Pesa, with “pesa” meaning money in Swahili. Think mobile ...

What is Safaricom? How Kenya's biggest company makes money from M-Pesa, who owns it after the contested Vodacom deal, its ...