Nov 21, 2013
Ericsson has announced that MTN Rwanda has deployed its Converged Wallet m-commerce solution. The launch brings easy-to-use, next-generation mobile financial services to MTN Rwanda’s subscribers, including mobile phone users that do not have access to traditional...
Nov 13, 2013
Kathy Gibson at AfricaCom, Cape Town – Bitcoin has generated a lot of international press over the last few months, but so far the system has not really gained traction in Africa. Pelle Braendgaard, co-founder of Kipochi, believes that Bitcoin is a truly...
Sep 13, 2013
Mobile Money, a cell phone-based bank account powered by MTN South Africa, has opened more than 1-million accounts and processed more than R1-billion in transactions in its first nine months of operations. Mobile Money is powered by MTN and operated by TYME, a...
Jul 3, 2013
While the South African mobile telecommunications sector continues to be one of the fastest growing sectors in the country, the market is still dominated by feature phones. “Over the next two to three years we hope to see cheaper smartphones coming to the market...
Jul 1, 2013
The government of Malawi has announced that it is joining the Better Than Cash Alliance, committing itself to transitioning government cash payments to electronic disbursements. Malawi’s primary goals in shifting to e-money are to increase transparency, decrease...
