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hibaerrai

Mukuru expands to more African countries - 0 views

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Mukuru Fintech Money transfer Africa Remittance

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  • The remittances services were declared an essential service during the lockdown restrictions to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.South Africa moved to level 3 lockdown late in December after the country breached the one million mark of confirmed Covid-19 cases while Zimbabwe went into a hard lockdown as the entire country was declared a coronavirus hotspot as the infection rates drastically surged in all the country’s regions.“We remain cautiously optimistic we can continue in the year ahead to layer new products and services onto our platform to unlock value and move our customers up along the financial inclusion curve.“We will also constantly look to build our network and footprint across Africa and beyond, which will allow us to grow our business not only in terms of the breadth of relevant products and services we offer, but in the depth of customer markets we serve,” said Jury.
    • hibaerrai
      hibaerrai on 13 Feb 21
       
      Mukuru use increased in the Covid-19 as it is easier to transfer money online. This fintech needs thus to present new services that will make a difference from other fintechs in the country. Also associating with WorldRemit was very important to develop within the country.
hibaerrai

Leading Egyptian Digital E-Payments Platform Fawry Reaches $1 Billion Market Cap | Fina... - 0 views

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Fawry Egypt E-payments Online Fintech Leader

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  • This is a super exciting time for Egyptian fintechs. For Fawry to reach a market cap of $1 billion within one year of its IPO is quite impressive and is a moment to celebrate. This will help the whole industry and will open more doors for fintechs to receive funds and make partial exits.
    • ayachehbouni
      ayachehbouni on 13 Feb 21
       
      The pandemic was a huge opportunity for Fawry and Fintech companies in general as, thanks to it, they had an important increase in demand.
  • Commenting on the news, Okasha told WAYA: “This is a super exciting time for Egyptian fintechs. For Fawry to reach a market cap of $1 billion within one year of its IPO is quite impressive and is a moment to celebrate. This will help the whole industry and will open more doors for fintechs to receive funds and make partial exits.”Fintechs and electronic banking companies have seen a huge increase in demand as a result of the pandemic. Fawry saw an increase of more than 50% of the company’s value before the Covid-19 crisis. This number grew exponentially during the crisis.The company went public on the Egyptian Exchange in August 2019, since then its stock price has increased by over 300%. The initial cost of one share at the company was EGP 6.46.According to Fawry’s website, it handles around 2.1 million transactions daily and collected $2.43 billion last year. It has approximately 20 million customers.
    • hibaerrai
      hibaerrai on 13 Feb 21
       
      The pandemic has caused Fawry's stock price to increase drastically after going public on the EX. This is a huge step for the fintech which expects a successfull future.
mbellakbail69

No cash needed using South Africa's SnapScan - 0 views

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  • During the interview, Ehlers provided some personal insights regarding difficulties facing today’s entrepreneurs. “For me the hardest part was realising a company has been built that a lot of people work for and depend on, and if serious mistakes are made, you and your whole team could be without any kind of job security, without any kind of safety net – and the whole show just ends tomorrow.” Even in light of SnapScan’s success, Ehlers still warns of the idolisation of ideas. “What comes to mind first is to really not over-value your idea. Ideas are important, absolutely, they inspire us, they drive us to experience something. But ideas aren’t always special, you have a lot of them every day. “The really hard part is turning that idea into a reality. Ideas aren’t absolute, they require analysis and change to eventually find something that really works.”
    • mbellakbail69
      mbellakbail69 on 13 Feb 21
       
      I agree that people need to understand where they are and what their strengths are and to play with this. Every day there are fantastic things from Africa. People must avoid underestimating the continent's advantages.
ayoubb

An Appraisal of Potential Risks of Fintech Adoption in the Nigerian Financial Services ... - 0 views

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  • The probability that a customer would incur financial losses in financial transactions conducted using Fintech is referred to as financial risk particularly when these losses would have been avoided if the same transactions had been conducted on a conventional platform (Keong et al., 2020; Razzaque et al., 2020). Financial risk can also be incurred by the financial service provider thereby distorting the operating budget of the firm. An example of a financial loss according to Khalil and Alam (2020) is when the process of launching a Fintech service has taken a longer time than planned thereby translating to an increase in the total cost of implementation. The prevalence of financial risk has heightened due to the nature of digital technology employed by Fintech, which could lead to recurrence in financial losses driven by electronic fraud (e-fraud) (Keong et al., 2020). These authors also listed other causes or drivers of financial risk as factors related to budgetary exchange framework, currency misrepresentation, and additional exchange fees that accompany the preferred value. 
    • ayoubb
      ayoubb on 13 Feb 21
       
      Financial Risk of adopting Fintech in Africa
mohammed_ab

Banks and Fintech Companies: Friends or Foes? Pt. 3 - Fawry as a Case Study - WAYA - 0 views

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Fawry Egypt Mobile Payment Fintech

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  • awry collaborated with banks in many other products where direct integration, SaaS or hybrid models were being used to offer products  to both bank customers and Fawry customers.
    • ayachehbouni
      ayachehbouni on 13 Feb 21
       
      First, Fawry collaborated with banks to use bill presentment and payment to banks customers through bank ATM channels. Fawri also provided a payment service using mobile wallets in collaboration with the National Bank of Egypt. These kind of fruitful collaborations are what raised the company's services' importance and value.
  • Fawry is Egypt’s first and largest electronic payment network established in 2008, offering financial services to consumers and businesses through a variety of channels nationwide, Fawry services include but are not limited to electronic bill presentment and payment, alternative digital payments, omnichannel acceptance, supply chain payments, agent banking services, digital SME lending and other varieties of digital solutions for banks, billers and merchants.
  • mohammed_ab on 13 Feb 21
     
    This excerpt highlights that Fawry is not only an electronic bill payment platform. A lot of people think that the company only offers bill payment services, and went famous for this service, however, the company expanded its product offerings to other fintech solutions like digital lending.
hichamachir

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Fintech Artificial-Intelligence InsurTech

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  • Enhancing the Customer Experience with InsurTech Financial service companies understand the demand for mobile. PwC’s recent FinTech Survey notes the significant growth in customers using mobile applications by 2020, and 75% of respondents say the most important impact FinTech will have is an increased focus on the customer.   Similar to FinTech, InsurTechs have many advantages insurance companies can leverage. These lean startups are free from legacy products and processes; they can use emerging technologies to build brand new systems; they can target specific value pools instead of offering lengthy end-to-end solutions that don’t meet everyone’s needs. Overall, InsurTech’s can go to market entirely different than traditional insurance companies. By partnering with InsurTech enterprises, insurers can offer:   Enriched Connectivity. Artificial intelligence (AI) solutions can eliminate friction at several touch points in the customer journey. Chatbots will be able to understand and act on customer queries at any time. With deep learning, chatbot solutions can further interpret sentiment to identify when to introduce a human agent.
    • hichamachir
      hichamachir on 13 Feb 21
       
      Pula is a successful InsurTech company. However, I suggest that Pula uses Artificial Intelligence even more especially if they can create a system that explain their service to the customers in a very clear way. Human agents sometimes don't operate objectively because they might get emotional and make the company lose a significant customer but it's not always the case for sure. So, I suggest a mix of AI and human agents.
sawsanenn

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FinTech E-payments Nigeria competition

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  • In order to prevent fraudulent transactions, Paga has put certain measures in place to protect its users. A user logging into an unrecognized device, for example, will have to answer a couple of security questions before proceeding. Again, every transaction using Paga has to be finalized with a personal PIN known only to the user.
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      Paga has placed such steps in place to protect its users in order to discourage fraudulent transactions. For example, a user logging into an unrecognized computer would have to answer a few safety questions before continuing. Again, with a personal PIN is known only to the user, any transaction using Paga must be finalized.
  • With Paga, customers are able to deposit and save money, purchase prepaid phone credit, pay utility and cable bills, and make payments to retailers. The partnership between Paga and Western Union also has the added benefit where Western Money transfers sent to users can be deposited into their Paga accounts.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it discusses Paga's offerings fist, before moving to how Paga's partnerships, here with Western Union, helped the fintech improve its offerings.
  • Paga was introduced in Nigeria to take advantage of the cash buildup in the system and to create a means whereby financial services are available to all. Although the banking sector in Nigeria is not easily accessible to everyone, the telecommunications industry has been more successful in reaching a large portion of the country’s population. The collaboration of both the banking and telecom sector has given rise to mobile banking platforms like Paga, where a user can perform basic financial transactions with the use of a cellphone. Paga works through a mobile phone application or online through the company’s website.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it narrates the context in which Paga emerged. The combination of a large unbanked/underbanked population and high accessibility to telecommunications contributed to the establishment and subsequent success of Paga n Nigeria.
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  • A number of other mobile wallet and payment service platforms are increasingly being implemented in emerging nations that have a high percentage of unbanked groups. M-Pesa, MTN Mobile Money, Airtel Money, and Orange Money are examples of mobile banking applications that are being employed to include all people in the growing digital financial sphere.
    • sawsanenn
      sawsanenn on 13 Feb 21
       
      this excerpt talks about companies that strated to offer the same services as paga which made them competitors to paga
tahaemsd

Product Insights at Lumkani jobs - Via - 0 views

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FinTech Africa Service modernization protection

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  • Lumkani is a social enterprise that seeks to address the challenge of shack/slum fires in urban informal settlements in South Africa and across the globe. Lumkani aims to create social impact in two ways. Firstly by increasing the safety and security of people living in informal settlements with technology-based early-warning systems, and secondly with affordable relevant financial services products, such as our Lumkani short term fire insurance for informal homes.
    • tahaemsd
      tahaemsd on 13 Feb 21
       
      this is creating high value in urban slums
kenzabenessalah

Top 10 Benefits Of Crowdfunding - 2 views

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EasyEquities Crowdfunding Strategy Investment

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  • Since the launch of CoFoundersLab, one of the largest networks for entrepreneurs, we have seen many small businesses and entrepreneurs flourish and benefit from the aid of this industry. However, being successful in startup fundraising via crowdfunding is not as easy as it seems. It comes with a lot of effort and dedication, but if one puts in the necessary work, they can realize fortunes that go far beyond just the raising of money.
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 13 Feb 21
       
      Crowdfunding comes with a lot of dedication and hardwork. If EasyEquities believes in the value of this strategy, its entrepreneurs could make fortunes.
hibaerrai

AgroCenta: Empowering and supporting smallholder farmers through technology and innovat... - 0 views

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AgroCenta Agritech Fintech Ghana Africa Loans Agrotrade

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  • AgroCenta provides an end-to-end solution for smallholder farmers in the post-harvest value chain from farm to market, leveraging on technology to create impact. AgroCenta's services include a market linkage platform (AgroTrade) linking farmers directly to buyers and removing exploitative buying, TruckR which is an on-demand trucks and logistics services (uber for trucks), AgroPay which is a financial inclusion plaform for the rural unbanked smallholder farmer.
    • hibaerrai
      hibaerrai on 13 Feb 21
       
      Agrotrade is a smart initiative and a great platform because farmers won't need to travel or have any contact with the buyer or seller, and in the time of Covid-19, it is beneficial.
hibaerrai

My Wallet Lesotho 1.2.3 Apk Download - com.smartelmoney.my_wallet APK free - 0 views

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Smartel Money E-payments Lesotho Kenya Fintech Mywallet Application

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  • MyWallet is a financial technology (fintech) product that allows for payments and money transfers to be made through modern information technology platforms such as mobile phones.Mobile money or electronic money is defined by the Mobile Money Guidelines issued by the CBL as payment instruments that contain monetary value that is paid in advance by the user to the money issuer.
    • hibaerrai
      hibaerrai on 13 Feb 21
       
      Smartel Money e-payments application is Mywallet. It can be downloaded on any smartphone, and money transfer is quick and easy.
nourserghini

BelCash Technology Solutions Plc Manager- Human Resources Jobs in Ethiopia - 0 views

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Belcash Origin Netherlands Ethiopia

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  • BelCash Technology Solutions PLC (BelCash Ethiopia) (BCTS) is an affiliate company of BelCash International, incorporated in Netherlands, which provides Turnkey technology platforms based on the mobile phone. And other Telecom Value Added and related technological services Accordingly, it has partnered with specialized companies to provide essential services under the unique Hello Brand.
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 13 Feb 21
       
      This shows that Belcash was first founded in the Netherlands for Turnkey technology in mobile phones and later expanded its activities to Addis Ababa, ethiopia.
ghtazi

Mukuru unveils shopping discount initiative for South Africa-based customers - Intellig... - 0 views

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Mukuru customers benefits

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  • The discounts will be available on over 60 staple products (such as canned items, household cleaning products, maize meal, baby products, dairy products, etc.) and the discounts will be valid at any Shoprite and Checkers store in South Africa. Mukuru customers simply have to create and pay for their orders on the Mukuru platform to receive access to the discounts. Customers then access the codes on the Mukuru self-help platforms such as USSD and WhatsApp and present the codes at the Shoprite and Checkers stores to claim the discounts off the selected products. “We are always looking for ways to recognise and reward our loyal customers, and the Mukuru Shopping Discounts are a great way in which we can pass valuable savings on to our customers by funding the discounts ourselves,” said Andy Jury, CEO, Mukuru.
    • hibaerrai
      hibaerrai on 13 Feb 21
       
      Mukuru proposed lately different discounts to thank their loyal customers. This is a brilliant idea as it will mke them use their services more, and also help them have more savings to cope with south africa's lockdown.
  • Most importantly, the Mukuru Shopping Discounts initiative will help customers and their families achieve savings at a time when many are still recovering from the economic fallout of South Africa’s lockdown. “As a company, we are with our customers side by side through both the good times and the difficult ones, and we are well-positioned to continue innovating and to provide important benefits to our loyal customers around the world.”
    • sawsanenn
      sawsanenn on 13 Feb 21
       
      the initiative of shopping discount will not only help their customers but also attract more clients which will increase their customer portfolio
  • Having helped our customers send money home to their family and friends for over 14 years, we feel part of their daily lives and as a result, Mukuru is constantly engaging with customers and adding tangible value wherever and whenever we can. We are able to leverage both partnerships and technology to pass important benefits on to our customers and to reward them for their loyalty and engagement over so many years,” added Jury. “
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      Mukuru wants to help customers to help their families in order to get closer to them, which I think is a kind and helpful idea. thanks to their partnerships and technologies they are able to pass important benefits to their customers to thank them for their loyalty and engagement.
mbellakbail69

Ghanaian Agritech Startup Agrocenta Wins $500,000 Investment In Seedstars World Competi... - 0 views

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  • Agrocenta, a Ghanaian agritech startup has won a $500,000 investment for coming first globally at the just concluded 2018 Seedstars Global competition in Lausanne, Switerland. The final leg of Seedstars World early-stage pitching competition took place on Thursday with 21 African startups among the 65 finalists competing in Switzerland. At the live final pitching showdown, 12 shortlisted startups went head-to-head, with Agrocenta eventually being crowned the overall global winner of the contest, taking home a $500,000 investment from Seedstars World.
    • mbellakbail69
      mbellakbail69 on 13 Feb 21
       
      Agrocenta is an online platform that links smallholder farmers in the staple food value chain to a broader online commercial market, accesses the services of truck distribution by clicking a button and also gets real-time market information through SMS and voice services to their mobile phones that make it very competitive.
mehdi-ezzaoui

MTN advances fintech ambitions - 1 views

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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
nouhaila_zaki

M-Pesa - 2 views

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M-Pesa Financial inclusion Kenya

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  • One of the drives for Fintech innovations, like M-Pesa, is financial inclusion, which is mostly geared toward an underbanked or unbanked group of people.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 07 Feb 21
       
      Financial inclusion is a main priority of M-Pesa.
  • M-Pesa is a virtual banking system that provides transaction services through a SIM card. Once the SIM has been inserted into the card slot of the mobile device, users can make payments and transfer money to vendors and family members with SMS messages. Users with no bank accounts can access the numerous M-Pesa outlets distributed across the country. The money that needs to be stored is given to the kiosk attendant, who transfers the amount in digital form to the user’s M-Pesa’s account. Cash collected from M-Pesa is deposited in bank accounts held by Safaricom. The bank accounts serve as regular checking accounts and are insured up to a maximum of 100,000 shillings (or $1000) by the Deposit Protection Fund. M-Pesa provides receipts as proof of transaction. For a transaction to take place, both parties have to exchange each other’s phone numbers because the phone numbers act as account numbers. After settlement, both parties receive an SMS notification with the full name of the counterparty and the amount of funds deposited or withdrawn from the user’s account. The mobile receipt, which is received within seconds, helps to promote transparency for all individuals involved in a transaction.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 07 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it explains how this mobile banking service operates. 1. Payments are made through SMS messages. 2. Cash collected by M-Pesa is deposited in bank accounts held by Safaricom. 3. Phone numbers act as account numbers. 4. M-Pesa provides receipts as proof of transaction.
  • M-Pesa is a virtual banking system that provides transaction services through a SIM card. Once the SIM has been inserted into the card slot of the mobile device, users can make payments and transfer money to vendors and family members with SMS messages. Users with no bank accounts can access the numerous M-Pesa outlets distributed across the country. The money that needs to be stored is given to the kiosk attendant, who transfers the amount in digital form to the user’s M-Pesa’s account. Cash collected from M-Pesa is deposited in bank accounts held by Safaricom. The bank accounts serve as regular checking accounts and are insured up to a maximum of 100,000 shillings (or $1000) by the Deposit Protection Fund. M-Pesa provides receipts as proof of transaction. For a transaction to take place, both parties have to exchange each other’s phone numbers because the phone numbers act as account numbers. After settlement, both parties receive an SMS notification with the full name of the counterparty and the amount of funds deposited or withdrawn from the user’s account. The mobile receipt, which is received within seconds, helps to promote transparency for all individuals involved in a transaction.
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 08 Feb 21
       
      this article shows us how M-Pesa is a virtual system that provides transaction services through a SIM card. M-Pesa allows users to deposit, withdraw, transfer money, pay for goods and services (Lipa na M-Pesa), access credit and savings, all with a mobile device.
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  • A farmer has no bank account and wants to deposit his commodity sale proceeds of 1,000 shillings goes to an M-Pesa outlet and deposits the money with the kiosk agent or attendant. The agent, in turn, uses her phone to access the client’s account with the client’s registered phone number and credit the account for 1,000 shillings.
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 08 Feb 21
       
      M-Pesa target customers are anybody who has a phone.
  • M-Pesa is a mobile banking service that allows users to store and transfer money through their mobile phones. M-Pesa was introduced in Kenya as an alternative way for the population of the country to have access to financial services. Safaricom, the largest mobile phone operator in Kenya, launched M-Pesa in 2007. The service is a blend of two entities where M means mobile and Pesa means money or payment in the Swahili language.
  • Financial inclusion is an initiative that seeks to include residents who have no access to banks or who can’t afford the required minimum deposits in the digital banking era. In order for this initiative to succeed, different sectors must collaborate in sharing data with each other and build a meaningful digital platform.
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 12 Feb 21
       
      I like how M-PESA gave opportunities for those who cannot afford to have bank accounts , an alternative to still have access to those services.
  • Through mobile payment services like M-Pesa, the standard of living in Kenya has improved greatly. Market traders, debt collectors, farmers, and cab drivers don’t need to carry around or transact in a large amount of cash. This means that the occurrence of theft, robbery, and fraud is reduced. Also, individuals and business owners don’t have to wait in long lines for hours to make their electricity and water bill payments because these can be made using M-Pesa.
    • samielbaqqali
      samielbaqqali on 12 Feb 21
       
      The mobile payment industry was revolutionized by M-Pesa. The value of this business in the financial industry is demonstrated by the fact that the term M-Pesa has a financial significance. I believe that by using digitalisation in a way that can benefit people and solve their problems, M-Pesa has gained its impact.
  • To combat fraud, Safaricom mandates that users of a Safaricom SIM card who want to register for M-Pesa have to do so with a valid government ID such as the Kenyan national identification card or a passport. This way, each transaction is marked with the identification of the party transferring, paying, depositing, or withdrawing money from an account.
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      to combat fraud they use either a sim card, ID card, or passport. in this way every transaction made will be marked with identifications of the parties transferring money, paying or whatever action it was made.
  • To combat fraud, Safaricom mandates that users of a Safaricom SIM card who want to register for M-Pesa have to do so with a valid government ID such as the Kenyan national identification card or a passport. This way, each transaction is marked with the identification of the party transferring, paying, depositing, or withdrawing money from an account.
  • M-Pesa is one of the innovative tools that have been birthed from the collaboration of telecommunication and banking sectors in East Africa.M-Pesa began in Kenya and is being utilized in 10 countries, including India and Romania. Emergent technology in the financial sector, or Fintech, has made it possible for financial services and products, like M-Pesa, to be more accessible at small costs.M-Pesa makes it possible for unbanked people to pay for and receive goods and services using a mobile phone instead of utilizing a brick-and-mortar bank.
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 13 Feb 21
       
      this article explains that M-pesa is a virtual banking platform that gives the opportunity for unbanked or underbanked individuals to conduct transactions through a SIM card.
  • This cross-communication tactic used by M-Pesa is developing rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa, where the telecommunication and banking sectors are working together to create mobile banking services for those with limited access to traditional banking.
    • sawsanenn
      sawsanenn on 13 Feb 21
       
      Mobile payment is progressively being used in emerging regions in which a large percentage of the population has little or no access to traditional banking such as Africa
  • Mobile money is increasingly being adopted in developing nations where a high percentage of the population has little or no access to traditional banking. Revolutionary services like Paga, MTN Mobile Money, Airtel Money, and Orange Money are disrupting the traditional payment systems used frequently by residents of emerging nations, by changing the economy from a cash society to a digital one.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it reflects the increasing importance of mobile money i.e. as proposed by M-Pesa in developing countries.
  • hichamachir on 12 Feb 21
     
    M-Pesa revolutionized the mobile payment industry. The fact that the word M-Pesa got a financial meaning shows the importance of this company in the financial industry. I think that M-Pesa gained its influence by using digitalization in way that can help people and solve their problems.
aminej

Germany's GreenTec Capital invests in Kenyan start-up Bismart - Pacific Insurance Brokers - 0 views

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Funds Investing Mobile Fintech App E-commerce

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  • GreenTec, headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, will invest an undisclosed amount of money in Bismart to enable the company upscale its digital and online platforms to connect customers to insurance and investments solutions available in the African market.The agreement, announced in Frankfurt, will see Bismart benefit from GreenTec’s expertise and experience in funding start-ups in Africa through capacity building, and process optimization.GreenTec will also avail to the Kenyan company a team of international experts to help implement adapted latest technology to the model in order to extend its local value chain and have more impact.
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 13 Feb 21
       
      This is interesting because it shows that Bismart has become an interesting business worldwide and that it's attracting international investors, German in this case, who are sharing their experience with the company to strengthen it and maybe expand its business in the region.
  • GreenTec, headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, will invest an undisclosed amount of money in Bismart to enable the company upscale its digital and online platforms to connect customers to insurance and investments solutions available in the African market. The agreement, announced in Frankfurt, will see Bismart benefit from GreenTec’s expertise and experience in funding start-ups in Africa through capacity building, and process optimization.
    • aminej
      aminej on 13 Feb 21
       
      This is really good since even companies in Germany are starting investing in Africa because they know that it is the future. Europe is saturated and growth is really limited.
chaimaa-rachid

Value Addition in Mobile Money Transfer Services in Kenya: The Case of M-Pesa - 0 views

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M-Pesa money-transfer Kenya

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  • M-PESA is a very popular service among Kenyans as it serves to increase money circulation in the economy by offering a fast and secure mode of transferring money, making payments and also borrowing and repaying loans.
  • chaimaa-rachid on 13 Feb 21
     
    In the positioning strategy, they replace the attractive contributions that suit the rivalry. M-pesa is personalized with a substance that interests customers and a built reliability.
mbellakbail69

Prime Bank launches SimbaPay - International Money Transfer Service | Value Added Servi... - 0 views

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  • Prime Bank, a leading private bank in Kenya, has partnered with London-based FinTech SimbaPay, to launch an instant international money transfer service via the bank’s digital platform PrimeMobi.Through SimbaPay, Prime Bank customers will now be able to instantly and securely send money directly to bank accounts or mobile wallets across 15 countries in Africa, Europe, and Asia including India, United Kingdom, China (WeChat Pay), Germany, Uganda among others, the company said in a media statement.
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 13 Feb 21
       
      This article reveals a new service offered by Simbapay with the partnership of the kenyan Prime Bank to provide instant money transfers to 15 countries through the PrimeMobi platform.
    • mbellakbail69
      mbellakbail69 on 13 Feb 21
       
      Via SimbaPay, customers in Africa, Europe and Asia, including India, the United Kingdom, China, Germany and Uganda, are now in a position to transfer cash immediately and safely to bank accounts or mobile wallets.
    • mbellakbail69
      mbellakbail69 on 13 Feb 21
       
      Via SimbaPay, customers in Africa, Europe and Asia, including India, the United Kingdom, China, Germany and Uganda, are now in a position to transfer cash immediately and safely to bank accounts or mobile wallets.
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  • The club’s decade-long KIVA lending portfolio exceeded $83,000 last week. KIVA is a micro-lending organization. Of the total loan value of $83,150, about $12,000 has been collected via loose change cups at meetings; the rest is comprised of paybacks, with interest.
  • All but one of the seven loans – typically of $100 each – were made to individual entrepreneurs in construction. To date, the club has made 849 loans in 72 countries. Just under half of the loans have been made to agricultural endeavors, another 20 percent to manufactures and construction, followed by food production. Fifty-five percent of the recipients have been women. 
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