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Mobile-Money Growth Fuels Safaricom’s 20% Jump in Profit

NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Safaricom Plc.’s profit grew 20 percent in the six months to end-September, underpinned by money-transfer income and even as growth in mobile-data sales slowed. Profit at East Africa’s biggest company by market value came in at 31.5 billion shillings ($309.6 million) while service revenue grew almost 8 percent to 118.2 billion shillings. While mobile-data sales climbed 11 percent to 19.5 billion shillings, that was slower than the 31 percent…

Huawei Partners With WorldRemit on African Mobile-Money Service

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Huawei Technologies Co. said it will partner with British money-transfer operator WorldRemit Ltd. to let African expatriates send cash home to millions of users of the Chinese company’s mobile-money service platform. The deal will let Huawei and WorldRemit tap into growing demand for remittances from Africans living abroad using mobile-payments services, which are popular in places where banks are scarce or unreliable. All carriers that are Huawei partners can switch on the service,…

FinTech Impact: Delivering Constructive Outcomes for Africa

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Mobile money, payments innovation and the impact of blockchain are radically transforming the financial services landscape. This transformation is having a powerful impact across Africa where the acceleration of mobile phone penetration has already revolutionized the reach and eﬀectiveness of ﬁnancial services on the continent. Established banking and mobile phone companies, together with new challenges and FinTech disruptors, have tapped into this revolution to further boost FinTech in Africa as one of the most dynamic,…