[kictanet] Digital Financial Inclusion

[Ahmed Mohamed Maawy]

These are now the days the M-Pesa glory will go to the archives and more
organized eco-systems (with Mobile Operators spanning tens of countries in
Africa) will come with a unified payment system for cross-boundary mobile
money transactions support. Imagine trading in COMESA countries like this.

I am hoping Safaricom is watching.

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Mwende Njiraini via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Madagascar’s three mobile money providers – Airtel Money, mVola and Orange
> Money – will roll out nationwide interoperable services
> <http://www.pymnts.com/news/international/2016/gsma-madagascar-mobile-money-providers-interoperable/>,
> making Madagascar only the second African nation to do so.
>
>
> Meanwhile, Orange Money has expanded operations in Africa
> <http://www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com/Article/3584068/Orange-gets-African-licences-for-e-money.html#.V9KziVt9670>,
> receiving electronic money licenses from Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire and
> Guinea. [*Read ITU News’ recent article on* *Orange’s investment in
> PayJoy*
> <https://itu4u.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/will-oranges-payjoy-investment-help-overcome-the-connectivity-price-barrier/>
> .]
>
>
> Source: ITU News
>
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