[kictanet] Digital Financial Inclusion

[Barrack Otieno]

Ahmed,

It might not be as easy as it appears. Biggest impediment, political
will. Look at how we are flipflopping with EAC.

Best Regards

On 9/14/16, Peter Wakaba via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 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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