Banking & Payments
Safaricom Partners with Ria to Foster Foreign Remittances to Kenya
Safaricom, Kenya's leading telco has partnered with Ria Money Transfer, to enable the over 26 million M-PESA customers to receive international money transfers from over 20 countries across the world. With the new partnership, transactions made using Ria will be a lot more seamless. This... Read More
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Use Airtel International Money Transfers to send and receive money from Abroad
If you are looking to receive money from friends and family working abroad, you'll be spoiled for choices. It's now possible to send money from anywhere in the world to recipients in most African countries directly to their bank account, mobile wallet or to an... Read More
OPay raises $120 million as it plans expansion to other African countries
Following over a year after its launch, OPay received lots of funding especially from Chinese investors which have been quite active in the African startup scene recently. OPay has since then been able to diversify into transport (ORide, OTrike, OBus), food delivery (OFood) and services.... Read More
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MTN Homeland lets you send money and buy airtime from Abroad to over 7 African countries
Are you working in the UK, EU? Sending money to family and friends back home is even getting a lot easier. On top of several options we have previously listed for sending money from abroad to Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria, MTN group is the latest... Read More
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Sending money from Uganda to Kenya. Here are the options
Kenya and Uganda have a lot in common; both love Ugali/Posho, they both share the same colonial masters, and both use the Shilling as the currency. Sending money between both countries has been historically tricky, but not anymore. Today, there are several options of sending... Read More
Jumia battles with fraud amidst plans to separate its businesses
Jumia has been facing some issues from concurrent losses, accusations of fraud, to share price going down on the NTSE. The company was even under investigations by law firms for allegedly misrepresenting data presented to investors for its IPO listing. However, the company just recently... Read More
Some of the Best platforms to Buy and Sell Cryptocurrency in Nigeria
Just recently, Nigeria was ranked second globally in Bitcoin trading, accounting for over 6% of the global Bitcoin trade. Also, in 2017, the value of peer-to-peer transactions in Bitcoin rose around 1,500% in Nigeria. Bitcoin trading in Nigeria is growing rapidly because individuals and entrepreneurs... Read More
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How to invest in US Stocks from Nigeria
Regardless of the Exchange market or stocks you’re investing in, the main goal of investing is to generate extra income. Until recently, it was a difficult process to invest (as a non-resident) in stocks traded on the US stock exchange market because brokers will require... Read More
Frequently Asked Questions about Safaricom’s Lipa na M-PESA
Lipa na M-PESA is a mobile money service by Safaricom that allows you to pay for goods and services easily through your phone. The service is available to ALL M-PESA customers, and for use by all enterprises that accept payments for goods and services by their... Read More
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