What You Need to Know About Faraja, The Buy Now Pay Later Service for Lipa Na M-Pesa
July 27, 2023
Safaricom has today announced a new partnership with EDOMx that has seen the launch of Faraja. With this new service, businesses on Lipa Na M-Pesa will be able to offer “Buy Now Pay Later” (BNPL) …
Remittances and the Potential Impact on M-Pesa
July 24, 2023
Last week, Safaricom announced a strategic partnership with TerraPay (Mobex Kenya). This collaboration aims to enable over 32 million M-Pesa customers to send and receive money to more than 200 million people in Bangladesh and…
Safaricom's M-PESA Mini App Has Potential to Expand Market Reach for Shop Zetu
June 29, 2023
In the ever-changing e-commerce market, partnerships play a crucial role in driving growth and delivering exceptional customer experiences. One such successful collaboration is between Shop Zetu, an online fashion marketplace. This partnership has changed the…
M-Pesa Services will be Unavailable Tomorrow Morning for 20 Minutes
June 25, 2023
With every system with a customer facing interface, downtimes are usually expected at some point. Most of these are carried out at night when not many users are using the services. Most times we do…
M-PESA Foundation Invests KES 46 Million in Healthcare Services Across the 47 Counties in Kenya
May 30, 2023
In an effort to improve healthcare services and address healthcare challenges across Kenya, the M-PESA Foundation has announced a significant investment of KES 46 million. This investment will benefit approximately 60,000 Kenyans through a series…
M-PESA Foundation Academy Celebrates First International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Graduation
May 22, 2023
The M-PESA Foundation Academy is celebrating the graduation of its first cohort of learners from the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP). The Academy, committed to fostering holistic development and leadership skills, introduced the IBDP in…
Safaricom Granted Licence to Roll Out M-Pesa in Ethiopia
May 11, 2023
The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has granted Safaricom the licence to launch M-Pesa Mobile Financial Services in the country. This marks the first time that a foreign investor has been granted a mobile money…
Safaricom Launches Fuliza Ya Biashara in Partnership with KCB
May 5, 2023
Safaricom and KCB Bank Kenya have launched a new service called Fuliza ya Biashara. If you are a Safaricom subscriber, you already know about Fuliza, the overdraft facility that allows you to access an overdraft…
M-Pesa Invests $2 Million in Nairobi Shared Service Operations Centre
March 22, 2023
Safaricom has announced the launch of its Shared Service Operations Centre (SSOC) for M-Pesa Africa in Nairobi, with an investment of over $2 million. The M-Pesa SSOC will be responsible for overseeing service operations and…