Over 200,000 Businesses Are Using the Lipa Na M-Pesa Platform
September 14, 2020
Lipa Na M-Pesa is one of the services that Safaricom has incorporated to its mobile money service to help people pay for goods and services. The service was introduced back in 2012 and over the…
You Can Now Access M-Pesa Through USSD Code *334#
September 10, 2020
Sending money through M-Pesa has always required users to navigate through the SIM Toolkit or those who have the app could easily use it. The more options users have, the better it is as you…
Airtel Money Lost 91.9% of its customers in One Year
July 15, 2020
In the Kenyan mobile money market, Safaricom’s M-Pesa is the dominant player controlling a huge stake of the market. Its competitors, Airtel and Telkom have their respective services but none of them has come close…
CBK Rejects Safaricom’s Bid to cap free M-Pesa transactions to Only Five
July 7, 2020
Back in March as the effects of the current pandemic were being felt, Safaricom and the other industry players had talks with the central Bank of Kenya to waive the charges for all transactions below…
This is What the Safaricom Lipa Na M-Pesa App for Business Owners Can Do
June 18, 2020
Safaricom has today unveiled its new smartphone app targeting business owners. This new app is named ‘M-Pesa for Business’ and is designed to help business owners access real-time statements, export statements and track the performance…
Safaricom Subscribers Redeemed 1 Billion Bonga Points in 2 Months
June 16, 2020
With the current pandemic disrupting lives, Safaricom came up with the Bonga For Good Initiative which sought to cushion Kenyans against the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this initiative, customers could make payments…
Kenyans Using AliExpress Can Now Pay Using M-Pesa
March 12, 2019
Using M-Pesa is something Kenyans are used to and most find it to be the most convenient way to make payments. During the second quarter of the 2017/2018 financial year, total M-Pesa transactions grew to…
NSSF Members Can Now Remit Their Contributions Through M-Pesa
March 5, 2019
M-Pesa has really evolved over the years. The service has gown so much with significant contributions to the country’s GDP. With the evolution of M-Pesa, it has come to be part of our lives and…
Using M-Pesa’s Daraja API To Help County Governments Collect Revenue – Interview With Samuel Mwaura
February 12, 2019
For years, software developers yearned for ways to integrate M-Pesa to their products in a more efficient way. When Safaricom introduced the M-Pesa G2 API, this was seen as a step in the right direction…