M-Pesa leads Africa’s fintech space
07 June 2023
The M-Pesa platform processed US$364.8 billion of transaction value over the last twelve months, up 13%, cementing its top position in the African fintech space.
M-Pesa, jointly owned by Vodacom Group and Safaricom, is Africa’s most successful mobile money platform and has become a key revenue stream for both telcos.
Find out more Ethio Telecom targets OTT entertainment services
06 June 2023
Ethio Telecom is establishing customer-driven digital solutions and inclusive platforms to empower the Ethiopian entertainment industry and ensure the availability, quality, and reliability of telecom services. The MNO aims to create a conducive and enabling environment for the content industry to encourage creativity and directly distribute content to the audience.
The company has launched new digital entertainment applications that will play a key role in digitalizing and revolutionizing the nation’s entertainment industry. These applications will bridge the digital engagement gap, provide data-driven value additions to empower the creative industry, offer easy payment and access channels, ensure a single subscription with attractive data bundles, and make supporting technology and marketing resources available. This will empower users’ creativity, expand their mental horizons, acquire new knowledge, and heal their souls with the contents provided with partners.
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TPAY launches DCB for 30 million subscribers in META
06 June 2023
TPAY, the leading payment provider for the Middle East, Türkiye, and Africa (META), has announced that, through its partnership with Bango and Etisalat Egypt, the launch of Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) with Google for over 30 million subscribers.
The collaboration will create an easier experience for Android users to purchase apps, games, and digital content on their devices on Google Play.
Find out more World Bank: mobile learning found to be strongly beneficial in Nigeria
06 June 2023
According to the World Bank, the use of information and communication technologies in children’s learning is beneficial in more ways than one.
The international institution cites the data from the experiment carried out with its consent between 2018 and 2020 in the states of Kano and Jigawa, in the northwestern region of Nigeria, as proof of this. The operation focused on 9,393 rural households, including children aged 6-9 and their parents, were subjected to two digital education approaches. It revealed a 42% decline in non-enrolment at the end of its term.
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