Tanzania and the United States have advanced negotiations on three major investment projects following talks between ...

SUB-Saharan Africa (SSA) stands as the undeniable epicentre of the global mobile money industry. While traditional banking ...

Vodacom Tanzania launches M-Pesa Global Payments, enabling seamless international transactions through partnerships with Visa, Alipay, MTN Uganda, and others. Tanzanian users can now pay global ...

A recent Standard Bank (Stanbic) study revealed that Tanzania stands apart from other African countries, where cash payments still dominate and mobile money adoption lags. Mobile money wallets are ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. This launch will allow the African diaspora across Europe, the ...

The Tanzanian government has reduced by 30 percent the mobile money levy it approved, amid complaints from residents that the levy was a financial burden. In June, the government amended the ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Tigo, a unit of emerging markets telecom group Millicom Cellular International, has started a mobile money service that pays interest on balances, tapping into an ...

In developing countries, mobile telecom networks have emerged as major providers of financial services, bypassing the sparse retail networks of traditional banks. We analyze a large individual-level ...