Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote and South African telecoms giant MTN once again top the list, but Brand Africa founder ...

However, Nick Hughes, former employee of Vodafone, the parent company of Safaricom and co-founder of M-Kopa solar ... business plan and eventually into M-Pesa. Today, I hear people I have never ...

Economist David McWilliam explores the recent history of money as well as its possible future – from a run on the punt to the rise of M-PESA. Abridged by Rosemary Goring. Show more Economist ...

M-Pesa is a mobile banking service that enables users in several East African nations to store and transfer money via their mobile phones. M-Pesa is a mobile banking service that allows users to ...

Visa and Safaricom launch a virtual card to let M-Pesa users transact over Visa's network. Digital payments are quickly replacing cash in Africa—making the region an attractive destination for ...

Global digital payments giant Visa and East Africa’s biggest telecom Safaricom, the operator of the M-Pesa mobile money product, have today launched a virtual card, enabling millions of M-Pesa ...