Digital Financial Inclusion
Madagascar’s three mobile money providers – Airtel Money, mVola and Orange Money – will roll out nationwide interoperable services <http://www.pymnts.com/news/international/2016/gsma-madagascar-mobile-money-providers-interoperable/>, making Madagascar only the second African nation to do so. Meanwhile, Orange Money has expanded operations in Africa <http://www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com/Article/3584068/Orange-gets-African-licences-for-e-money.html#.V9KziVt9670>, receiving electronic money licenses from Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea. [*Read ITU News’ recent article on* *Orange’s investment in PayJoy* <https://itu4u.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/will-oranges-payjoy-investment-help-overcome-the-connectivity-price-barrier/> .] Source: ITU News
These are now the days the M-Pesa glory will go to the archives and more organized eco-systems (with Mobile Operators spanning tens of countries in Africa) will come with a unified payment system for cross-boundary mobile money transactions support. Imagine trading in COMESA countries like this. I am hoping Safaricom is watching. On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Mwende Njiraini via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Madagascar’s three mobile money providers – Airtel Money, mVola and Orange Money – will roll out nationwide interoperable services <http://www.pymnts.com/news/international/2016/gsma-madagascar-mobile-money-providers-interoperable/>, making Madagascar only the second African nation to do so.
Meanwhile, Orange Money has expanded operations in Africa <http://www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com/Article/3584068/Orange-gets-African-licences-for-e-money.html#.V9KziVt9670>, receiving electronic money licenses from Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea. [*Read ITU News’ recent article on* *Orange’s investment in PayJoy* <https://itu4u.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/will-oranges-payjoy-investment-help-overcome-the-connectivity-price-barrier/> .]
Source: ITU News
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Then there was the launch of M-visa yesterday which brings 'inter-operability' with (minimal/no?) charges while riding on banks mobile platforms. On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
These are now the days the M-Pesa glory will go to the archives and more organized eco-systems (with Mobile Operators spanning tens of countries in Africa) will come with a unified payment system for cross-boundary mobile money transactions support. Imagine trading in COMESA countries like this.
I am hoping Safaricom is watching.
On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Mwende Njiraini via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Madagascar’s three mobile money providers – Airtel Money, mVola and Orange Money – will roll out nationwide interoperable services <http://www.pymnts.com/news/international/2016/gsma-madagascar-mobile-money-providers-interoperable/>, making Madagascar only the second African nation to do so.
Meanwhile, Orange Money has expanded operations in Africa <http://www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com/Article/3584068/Orange-gets-African-licences-for-e-money.html#.V9KziVt9670>, receiving electronic money licenses from Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea. [*Read ITU News’ recent article on* *Orange’s investment in PayJoy* <https://itu4u.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/will-oranges-payjoy-investment-help-overcome-the-connectivity-price-barrier/> .]
Source: ITU News
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Ahmed, It might not be as easy as it appears. Biggest impediment, political will. Look at how we are flipflopping with EAC. Best Regards On 9/14/16, Peter Wakaba via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Then there was the launch of M-visa yesterday which brings 'inter-operability' with (minimal/no?) charges while riding on banks mobile platforms.
On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
These are now the days the M-Pesa glory will go to the archives and more organized eco-systems (with Mobile Operators spanning tens of countries in Africa) will come with a unified payment system for cross-boundary mobile money transactions support. Imagine trading in COMESA countries like this.
I am hoping Safaricom is watching.
On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Mwende Njiraini via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Madagascar’s three mobile money providers – Airtel Money, mVola and Orange Money – will roll out nationwide interoperable services <http://www.pymnts.com/news/international/2016/gsma-madagascar-mobile-money-providers-interoperable/>, making Madagascar only the second African nation to do so.
Meanwhile, Orange Money has expanded operations in Africa <http://www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com/Article/3584068/Orange-gets-African-licences-for-e-money.html#.V9KziVt9670>, receiving electronic money licenses from Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea. [*Read ITU News’ recent article on* *Orange’s investment in PayJoy* <https://itu4u.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/will-oranges-payjoy-investment-help-overcome-the-connectivity-price-barrier/> .]
Source: ITU News
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Barrack There are cases where whether or not political will is there it will happen. For example if it were left up to the the Finance Minister of the time, Mpesa would not have seen the light of day.. We are entering a new time where Govt and Regulators must equip themselves with new tools to navigate The New Normal. Power is no longer taken by force...it is Orchestrated by players who are given that power by the people in ways we could never have imagined. Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad
On 14 Sep 2016, at 10:37 AM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Ahmed,
It might not be as easy as it appears. Biggest impediment, political will. Look at how we are flipflopping with EAC.
Best Regards
On 9/14/16, Peter Wakaba via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Then there was the launch of M-visa yesterday which brings 'inter-operability' with (minimal/no?) charges while riding on banks mobile platforms.
On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
These are now the days the M-Pesa glory will go to the archives and more organized eco-systems (with Mobile Operators spanning tens of countries in Africa) will come with a unified payment system for cross-boundary mobile money transactions support. Imagine trading in COMESA countries like this.
I am hoping Safaricom is watching.
On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Mwende Njiraini via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Madagascar’s three mobile money providers – Airtel Money, mVola and Orange Money – will roll out nationwide interoperable services <http://www.pymnts.com/news/international/2016/gsma-madagascar-mobile-money-providers-interoperable/>, making Madagascar only the second African nation to do so.
Meanwhile, Orange Money has expanded operations in Africa <http://www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com/Article/3584068/Orange-gets-African-licences-for-e-money.html#.V9KziVt9670>, receiving electronic money licenses from Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea. [*Read ITU News’ recent article on* *Orange’s investment in PayJoy* <https://itu4u.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/will-oranges-payjoy-investment-help-overcome-the-connectivity-price-barrier/> .]
Source: ITU News
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I'm curious. What is hampering interoperability in Kenya? Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad
On 14 Sep 2016, at 10:05 AM, Mwende Njiraini via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Madagascar’s three mobile money providers – Airtel Money, mVola and Orange Money – will roll out nationwide interoperable services, making Madagascar only the second African nation to do so.
Meanwhile, Orange Money has expanded operations in Africa, receiving electronic money licenses from Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea. [Read ITU News’ recent article on Orange’s investment in PayJoy.]
Source: ITU News
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participants (5)
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Ahmed Mohamed Maawy -
Ali Hussein -
Barrack Otieno -
Mwende Njiraini -
Peter Wakaba