After MPESA’s privacy protection move, Safaricom masked phone numbers in mobile money transactions, so Kenyans cannot access ...

Kenyan mobile money users have doubled the number of active retail investors on the country's main stock exchange, executives ...

Kenyans reported widespread delays and failures in M-PESA transactions on Friday, March 20, 2026, prompting calls for ...

Safaricom's new privacy feature that masks phone numbers in M-Pesa transactions officially took effect on March 24, 2026, ...

Once fully implemented, the feature will also extend to merchant payments, where businesses currently receive full customer ...

"All M-Pesa services are now available. We apologise for any inconveniences caused, and thank you for your patience as we worked to restore them," the firm said. This followed hours of inactivity on ...

M-Pesa Ethiopia, the digital financial services arm of operator Safaricom Ethiopia, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Amhara National Regional State Revenue Bureau to enable ...

Now, nineteen years after Muchemi's initial involvement, M-Pesa has become a colossal platform. It currently boasts 40 ...

The country's successful mobile banking and payments initiative, M-Pesa, turns 10, while the rest of the world plays catch-up. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is ...

Visa and Safaricom launch a virtual card to let M-Pesa users transact over Visa's network. Digital payments are quickly replacing cash in Africa—making the region an attractive destination for digital ...