SAFARICOM PLC
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2025-05-26 (hapakenya.com)
How to invest in Ziidi Money Market Fund By Safaricom -
Ziidi Money Market Fund (Ziidi MMF) by Safaricom is an investment platform that is accessible by Safaricom M-PESA customers. Safaricom M-PESA customers are able to invest in Ziidi MMF from as low as Ksh. 100 from their M-PESA and earn daily interest. The platform was launched formally by Safaricom as part of M-PESA 18 year…
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2025-05-22 (hapakenya.com)
DTB & Safaricom are offering loans of up to Ksh. 250K to SMEs that use Lipa na M-PESA -
Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) has partnered with Safaricom to offer loans to SMEs that use Lipa na M-PESA to accept payments. The new product is called Taasi Till Loans and it will enable merchants with Safaricom till numbers to access business loans. Taasi Till is a business loan that offers short-term loans that range between…
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2025-05-21 (jedcamedia.com)
Safaricom Revamps Credit Offerings to Boost Financial Access for MSMEs
May 23, 2025 Safaricom has rolled out a refreshed lineup of business credit solutions aimed at expanding access to financing for MSMEs
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2025-05-19 (addisinsight.net)
M-Pesa Lite Officially Launches in Ethiopia, Expanding Cross-Network Mobile Money Access -
Addis Ababa – May 19, 2025 — Ethiopia has reached a major milestone in digital finance with the official launch of M-Pesa Lite, a streamlined version of the popular mobile money platform designed to enhance accessibility and financial inclusion across the country.
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2025-04-08 (thebftonline.com)
From margins to mainstream: Africa's Mobile Money (MoMo) Story - The Business & Financial Times
By: Ebenezer ASUMANG "The most effective barrier for the success of mobile money around the world is the banking lobby" ———–Bob Collymore, ex-CEO at Safaricom – Kenya Mobile money has transformed the global financial services landscape, providing a cost-effective, transparent, and empowering way for individuals and businesses to manage their finances (GSMA, 2020). This innovation […]
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2025-04-04 (techafricanews.com)
Safaricom Ethiopia Opens Doors to Partners for SME Web Acceleration -
Safaricom Ethiopia is seeking partners to deliver affordable, scalable digital solutions for SMEs, integrated with M-PESA and Google platforms.
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2025-03-05 (fintechmagazine.com)
Safaricom Selects Red Hat to Drive Financial Inclusion | FinTech Magazine
Kenyan telecoms firm Safaricom reports 50% faster deployments after migration to enterprise Kubernetes platform
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2024-09-19 (businesswire.com)
Safaricom and Mastercard Partner to Expand Remittances and Payment Acceptance to over 636,000 Merchants in Kenya
Safaricom and Mastercard Partner to Expand Remittances and Payment Acceptance to over 636,000 Merchants in Kenya
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2024-06-18 (techpoint.africa)
Safaricom and Pezesha want to offer loans for small businesses in Kenya
Today on TechpointDigest, we discuss Flickwheel's fix now, pay later model, Safaricom and Pezesha offering loans for small businesses in Kenya, and Airtel Africa activating 2Africa Cable linking Kenya, Tanzania, and SA.
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2022-03-30 (standardmedia.co.ke)
Safaricom, bank launch Sharia-based lending app -
Safaricom and Gulf African Bank have launched a Sharia-compliant mobile app to cater for the Muslim population.
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2020-05-16 (fintechmagazine.com)
Fintech profile: M-Pesa, Africa's top financing service | FinTech Magazine
FinTech Magazine takes a closer look at Vodafone's mobile financial service created specifically Safaricom and Vodacom, M-Pesa. Initially released in...
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