Axian Telecom’s $980M First Half Shows African Telcos Are Becoming Digital Platforms
Axian Telecom's first-half revenue jump shows how African telecom groups are becoming wider digital infrastructure, fintech and data businesses.
Tag: mobile money
Ericsson And MTN Move MoMo Onto Cloud Across Four Markets
Ericsson and MTN Group Fintech have completed a cloud-native MoMo migration across Eswatini, Ghana, Rwanda and Uganda.
Airtel Targets Kenyan SMEs In Mobile Money Merchant Fight
Airtel Money Kenya is targeting small businesses with a merchant wallet as competition with M-Pesa shifts deeper into merchant payments.
MTN Nigeria Fintech Revenue Slump Shows Airtime Lending Risk
MTN Nigeria fintech revenue reportedly fell sharply after an airtime lending pause, showing how dependent telco-fintech growth can become on ...
Rwanda 3G Shutdown Shows Africa Mobile Money Needs A Careful 4G Migration
Rwanda will switch off 3G in 2027 as it pushes 4G and 5G, but device affordability, USSD and mobile money ...
Clydestone Ghana Sues MTN Over Mobile Money IP Dispute
Clydestone Ghana has sued MTN Ghana, MTN Group and MobileMoney Fintech over alleged unauthorised use of mobile money IP.
M-PESA Ethiopia And Gebeya Bring AI Tools Into A Mobile Money Mini App
M-PESA Ethiopia and Gebeya have launched a Dala Studio Mini App that lets users buy AI service bundles through mobile ...
WAEMU Wants To Build Africa’s Most Connected Fintech Market
WAEMU's eight-country bloc wants to build a more connected fintech ecosystem, offering a useful test case for African payment interoperability.
Stanbic IBTC Holdings Sets To Debut Its Fintech Start-up To Bolster Revenue Growth.
Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc revealed its futuristic business agenda to integrate technology with real-time financial operations. The commercial bank is ...
MTN Introduces MoMoAdvance; A Credit Facility Exclusive for Ugandans.
MTN Group reportedly launched an ancillary mobile money service dubbed MoMoAdvance crediting loan overdraft as its primary purpose. The African ...