[kictanet] Digital Financial Inclusion

[Peter Wakaba]

Then there was the launch of M-visa yesterday which brings
'inter-operability' with (minimal/no?) charges while riding on banks mobile
platforms.

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> 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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