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samielbaqqali

MTN Group Selects Tecnotree as the strategic partner for Digital Transformation of thei... - 1 views

www.tecnotree.com/...-across-middle-east-and-africa

MTN Fintech Partnership

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  • MTN embarks on a journey to lead and deliver to its customers a bold new digital world, by transforming itself from being a traditional Communications Service Provider to a Digital Services Provider.
  • “This partnership represents another significant milestone in our digital transformation strategy at MTN Group. An integrated digital ecosystem is the cornerstone for delivering operational efficiencies and a more enhanced customer experience. Our digital self-service platforms make our customers lives a whole lot brighter through a more personalised and seamless experience. As we continue our digital transformation journey, we are able to be more agile, efficient and customer centric”
    • samielbaqqali
      samielbaqqali on 13 Feb 21
       
      I like the confidence that MTN had to turn to a digital one from a conventional telecommunication service provider. I would claim that these decisions could be vital to the success of the organization. You just need to know the exact time for this important decision to be chosen.
  • hichamachir on 12 Feb 21
     
    I like the courage that MTN had to switch from a traditional telecommunication service company to a digital one. I can say that these decisions can be crucial for the business's success. You just need to know the exact time to opt for this important decision.
samielbaqqali

Zeepay's Takyi-Appiah: "The concept of WhatsApp is not proprietary anymore" | RadioFinance - 0 views

www.radio.finance/...app-is-not-proprietary-anymore

Zeepay Africa Customers

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  • He described an average African user as highly dependent on a mobile device for accessing financial services. Takyi-Appiah also talked about how an innovative yet simple platform built on the over-the-top (OTT) instant messaging service players such as WhatsApp could offer the scale to penetrate millions who do not have access to formal financial services across the African sub-continent and help transform its payment ecosystem.
    • samielbaqqali
      samielbaqqali on 13 Feb 21
       
      Making studies on Africans consumers will help Zeepay gain more customers.
mohammed_ab

Pagan Research! Online B2B Lead Database Intelligence Website - 0 views

paganresearch.io/pula

Pula Insurtech Africa

shared by mohammed_ab on 13 Feb 21 - No Cached
  • Pula is at the center of an ecosystem that provides insurance to smallholder farmers and has amassed 50 insurance partners and six reinsurance partners. Its clientele includes the likes of the World Food Programme and Central Bank of Nigeria, as well as the Zambian and Kenyan governments among others.
  • mohammed_ab on 13 Feb 21
     
    Pula has great partners that could help the her become the best insurance company for farmers in the world.
mohammed_ab

Visa and Fawry sign strategic partnership to accelerate digital payments acceptance | Z... - 1 views

www.zawya.com/...acceptance-ZAWYA20201004113100

Fawry Egypt Visa Fintech Partnership

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  • Visa, (NYSE: V), the world’s leader in digital payments and Fawry, the leading digital transformation and ePayment platform in Egypt announced that they have signed a strategic partnership to accelerate acceptance of digital payments in Egypt in alignment with the Central Bank of Egypt’s plans to build a digital economy and advance digital and financial inclusion in the country.The partnership aims to catalyze the provision of open loop Visa digital acceptance solutions including both POS terminals and QR solutions to a larger number of merchants so they can benefit from the advantages of electronic payments by leveraging on Visa’s vast global network and experience as well as Fawry’s locally relevant solutions.  
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it touches upon partnerships initiated by Fawry with Visa and the Egyptian Government (and Central Bank) in an effort to promote financial inclusion and build a digital economy in Egypt.
  • Visa and Fawry sign strategic partnership to accelerate digital payments acceptance
  • One of the key solutions that the partnership aims to address is the need to enable a digital ecosystem that easily supports the needs of consumers and merchants. Through Visa Direct’s peer to peer transfer and low cost QR solutions, millions of customers – regardless of who they bank with – would be able to make peer to peer and business to business transactions easily and securely so they can move money in real time.
  • mohammed_ab on 13 Feb 21
     
    The excerpt is relevant here because it introduces a critical partnership between Fawry and Visa. This partnership will have positive impacts on Fawry: Quick and secure money transfer between people regardless of their bank.
sawsanenn

Paga: Send and Receive Money - 0 views

www.mypaga.com

Nigeria FinTech E-payments

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  • Paga is a mobile payment company. We are building an ecosystem to enable people to digitally send and receive money, and creating simple financial access for everyone.
    • sawsanenn
      sawsanenn on 10 Feb 21
       
      These types of digital financial services offered to the mass market and increasing the usage of mobile money can play a strong role in promoting inclusive growth.
  • Banked or unbanked, online or offline Paga offers you a central place for simple money transfers.
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      Like simbapay, Paga's target customers are the ones that have a Smartphone. it does not matter if they are banked or not.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it reflects what Paga proposes for individuals (banked or unbanked) very briefly.
  • Paga for Agents Earn a commission for every transaction you perform for your customers. Paga for Business Accept payments or disburse money to banked or unbanked customers in Nigeria
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it provides a concise introduction of what Paga offers for Agents (a commission on every transaction) and for Businesses (receive or make payments to banked or unbanked customers) in Nigeria.
  • ...2 more annotations...
  • We ensure that your money is safe by complying with the highest global security standards.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is very important because it claims that Paga is compliant with the highest global security standards. It is very good to know that because cyber security is a core concern for all companies offering digital services.
  • Enjoy a smooth and stress-free money transfer experience across all your devices.
    • sawsanenn
      sawsanenn on 13 Feb 21
       
      paga offers a free and easy money transfer that make transactions go smoothly without any technical issues
sawsanenn

Fintech Mobile App Case Study | Paga | AgilityIO - 0 views

www.agilityio.com/...paga

Nigeria FinTech E-payments

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  • Balancing software development of system functionalities for both native iOS and Android, simultaneously, is quite challenging.
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      both android and ios users can use the application.
  • Since 2009, Paga has built a safe and simple financial ecosystem enabling people to digitally send and receive money throughout Nigeria and other developing countries. After their 2017 initial market launch, Paga approached AgilityIO with a desire to improve the user experience for their mobile app.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is importat because it does not only summarizes the services offered by Paga, but it also presents the partnership between Paga and AgilityIO aiming at improving Paga's mobile app user experience.
  • Beginning with our Product Discovery Workshop, we collaborated with Paga's product and marketing teams to help identify new core features and areas for improvement.
    • sawsanenn
      sawsanenn on 13 Feb 21
       
      this excerpt shows customers' experience with paga, it is a good approach to prove their skills and effectiveness. By giving the opinion of customers about the services, it can target other ones
nourserghini

Startup Ecosystem Map of Ethiopia - 0 views

ethiopia.startupblink.com/...belcash

Belcash Unbanked Ethiopia Services

shared by nourserghini on 13 Feb 21 - No Cached
  • ICT platform for mobile banking: micro money transfer (P2P), pay my bill, send local/international remittances, online payment solutions, buy calling credit. Ethiopia is one of the most underbanked countries, only 5% of the population has a bank account. Currently 617 bank branches in Ethiopia are serving 85 million people. Most rural areas lack banking infrastructure. Innovation: send money directly to anyone with a mobile phone, a free bank account for the receiver is opened promptly.
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 13 Feb 21
       
      Belcash provides a platform for mobile banking that includes p2p, remittances, online payment, pay my bill, etc. Belcash also has the advantage that only 5% of the population are banked which leaves 95% in need of their services in order to survive financially.
mehdi-ezzaoui

MTN advances fintech ambitions - 1 views

www.engineeringnews.co.za/...s-fintech-ambitions-2019-08-23

MTN Fintech Service

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  • A comprehensive fintech ecosystem has become a key focus and a major driver of new value creation for the JSE-listed company, with fintech revenue increasing by 30.7% to R4.7-billion during the six months to June.
  • mehdi-ezzaoui on 13 Feb 21
     
    MTN focusing on Fintech solutions
ghtazi

FinTech Strategic Review - Innovate Finance - The Voice of Global FinTech - 0 views

www.innovatefinance.com/...fintech-strategic-review

UK Financial Services

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  • Innovate Finance is delighted to be supporting this strategic review of the UK FinTech sector. Over the last few months we have seen exponential growth and change in the adoption of digital financial services. We are at a pivotal moment with regards to our economy and now have a unique opportunity to reflect on the success of UK FinTech. We have the best in class in terms of innovation and should consider what more we can do to fully embed it within our wider financial services. We look forward to working with Ron Kalifa and stakeholders across the ecosystem to develop a shared blueprint for growth of the UK’s financial services sector that has technological innovation at its core
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      Innovate Finance is delighted to be funding this UK FinTech industry strategic review. the company has seen exponential growth and changes in the adoption of digital financial services over the last few months. With respect to the economy, the company is at a crucial moment and now have a rare opportunity to focus on UK FinTech's progress.
ayachehbouni

Kenya's Family Bank partners SimbaPay for WeChat transfers - 1 views

www.finextra.com/...-simbapay-for-wechat-transfers

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  • Family Bank Limited, a leading bank in Kenya, has partnered with London-based financial technology firm SimbaPay to launch an instant money transfer service from Kenya to China through WeChat – a service that will help boost Kenya-China trade. Over seven million customers and businesses in Kenya will now access SimbaPay’s international money transfer service to send money to China’s WeChat Pay from Family Bank’s PesaPap mobile banking application and USSD service. Non-customers too will enjoy the service via a dedicated PayBill number 261059 on MPESA.
  • In addition to the China (WeChat) service, SimbaPay also supports money transfer to Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ghana, Nigeria, Madagascar, Niger and India. 
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 13 Feb 21
       
      This is interesting because Family bank partnered with Simbapay to offer the Wechat money transfer service to china. Besides this, Simbapay also transfers money to Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, etc.
  • China is Kenya’s biggest trading partner. In 2017 alone, businesses in Kenya imported well over USD 4 billion worth of goods from China. The current existing solutions for sending money to China take multiple days to reach the recipient’s bank account, with some requiring the supplier to physically visit an agent to collect their money. This new service easily overcomes these barriers.
    • mbellakbail69
      mbellakbail69 on 13 Feb 21
       
      I believe that, with this new service increasingly effective, Kenya's traders can replenish stocks more quickly and thus improve trade with the two countries
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  • With over 1 billion subscribers, WeChat is the largest payment and social media app in China. This initiative therefore connects Africa’s largest mobile money ecosystem to China’s largest payment service in real-time.
    • ayachehbouni
      ayachehbouni on 13 Feb 21
       
      I believe that the service born from this partnership is very unique and attractive to customers of both platforms as it offers the sender a chance to review the transaction and exchange rate applicable before releasing the payment.
  • mehdi-ezzaoui on 13 Feb 21
     
    Partnership with wechat to send money to China's WeChat Pay from Family Bank's PesaPap mobile banking application and USSD service.
kenza_abdelhaq

Egyptian fintech in 2020: A tale of crosswinds and tailwinds [Part One] - Wamda - 0 views

www.wamda.com/...2020-tale-crosswinds-tailwinds

Fawry Egypt Context Global Economic

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  • Fortunately, Egypt’s first Covid wave was milder than those in other countries. The country managed to get by without going into full lockdown and the country is now one of the few in the world with a positive gross domestic product (GDP) growth outlook for 2020. Despite the mild top-line hit, most startups still felt the impact of Covid-19, with a whopping 83.9 per cent indicating, in May, that they had been negatively impacted by the crisis. The same survey highlighted that 29 per cent of Egyptian startups had suspended operations – an alarming proportion that would have increased with the recent resurgence of the virus. It remains to be seen what the full impact of the second wave is.  
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      Egypt managed to have a positive GDP growth in 2020 even though the pandemic impacted negatively more than 80% of the startups.
  • If we look back on 2020, the largest funding rounds for Egyptian startups were not in fintech but healthcare and transport, with Vezeeta raising more than $40 million and Swvl more than $20 million. Yet, fintech still managed to make headlines on several occasions, including new regulations, high profile investment rounds and exciting launches. It was an eventful and exhilarating year for the fintech ecosystem in Egypt.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      Even though more importance was given to healthcare and transport with regard to the largest funding rounds, fintech was still getting a lot of attention (making headlines, new regulations, etc).
  • Fawry’s success story has undoubtedly encouraged investments in other e-payments venture that will help dynamise this space in coming years. The industry is still massively underpenetrated as cash remains king but will remain as one of the more active areas within fintech in coming years.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      Fawry being the leader of digital payments in Egypt definitely helped encourage investments in this field/industry.
  • kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
     
    "Fortunately, Egypt's first Covid wave was milder than those in other countries. The country managed to get by without going into full lockdown and the country is now one of the few in the world with a positive gross domestic product (GDP) growth outlook for 2020. Despite the mild top-line hit, most startups still felt the impact of Covid-19, with a whopping 83.9 per cent indicating, in May, that they had been negatively impacted by the crisis. The same survey highlighted that 29 per cent of Egyptian startups had suspended operations - an alarming proportion that would have increased with the recent resurgence of the virus. It remains to be seen what the full impact of the second wave is.  "
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