<div dir="ltr">Then there was the launch of M-visa yesterday which brings 'inter-operability' with (minimal/no?) charges while riding on banks mobile platforms. <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>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.<br><br></div>I am hoping Safaricom is watching.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Mwende Njiraini via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr">
<p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:15.6pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";color:rgb(76,76,76)">Madagascar’s three mobile money providers
– Airtel Money, mVola and Orange Money – will roll out <a href="http://www.pymnts.com/news/international/2016/gsma-madagascar-mobile-money-providers-interoperable/" target="_blank">nationwide
interoperable services</a>, making Madagascar only the second African nation to
do so. <br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:15.6pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";color:rgb(76,76,76)"><br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:15.6pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";color:rgb(76,76,76)">Meanwhile, Orange Money has <a href="http://www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com/Article/3584068/Orange-gets-African-licences-for-e-money.html#.V9KziVt9670" target="_blank">expanded
operations in Africa</a>, receiving electronic money licenses from Senegal,
Mali, Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea. [<em><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">Read
ITU News’ recent article on</span></em> <a href="https://itu4u.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/will-oranges-payjoy-investment-help-overcome-the-connectivity-price-barrier/" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family:"arial","sans-serif"">Orange’s investment in PayJoy</span></em></a>.]</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:15.6pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";color:rgb(76,76,76)"><br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:15.6pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"arial","sans-serif";color:rgb(76,76,76)">Source: ITU News<br></span></p>
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