Four years after shutting down M-Pesa in South Africa, telco giant, Vodacom will be launching a suite of fintech services in the form of a super app. This will be done in partnership with China-based …
Safaricom’s financials show how much stake it owns in the new M-Pesa venture
When Safaricom and Vodacom acquired M-Pesa from UK telecoms operator, Vodafone, details of their stakes and acquisition costs were still unclear. But we can tell from their financials.…
Mobile money service, M-Pesa, is now owned by Vodacom and Safaricom
M-Pesa has dominated Africa’s mobile money space for a long time under the control of the UK’s Vodafone. Safaricom and Vodacom will be hoping to take the service to new heights after acquiring it from…
Vodacom Tanzania partners WorldRemit to enable international mobile money remittance into Tanzania
Tanzanians abroad can now send money directly to recipients’ M-Pesa wallets as Vodacom Tanzania partners with WorldRemit in a mobile money transfer deal…
Businesses run by religious organisations should not be tax-free
Last week, Vodacom SA signed a partnership with Shembe Church to distribute its products and services to its 6.7 million members. Should the money realized by the church be tax-free?…
South Africa’s Vodacom plans to regulate WhatsApp
According to Vodacom’s group chief executive officer Shameel Joosub in an interview with Fin24 on Monday, Vodacom wants a regulatory approach to data-driven over-the-top (OTT) applications such …
Federal Science and Technical College, Yaba Gets Free Internet Access
Federal Science and Technical College (FSTC) Yaba, Lagos is the latest beneficiary of the ‘Power to You’ project by Vodacom Nigeria. The school was provided with WiFi services and 220KVA g…
MTN To Expand Nigerian Reach With Visafone Acquisition
Reports have reached us that telecommunications group, South Africa’s MTN Group Ltd. is in process of buying Nigerian wireless network provider, Visafone Communications Ltd., to aid in its expan…
Gemalto’s EMV banking cards to complement Vodacom’s M-Pesa in South Africa
Gemalto, a major player in digital security, announced the deployment of prepaid EMV banking cards to complement Vodacom’s M-Pesa mobile wallet service (its mobile-phone based money transfer and micro…