Jumia Nigeria Announces Juliet Anammah as New CEO

Jumia Nigeria, Africa Internet Group’s (AIG) biggest company on the continent. Juliet is taking over from former Co-CEOs Jeremy Doutte and Nicolas Martin, who are taking the reins of Jumia Global across the 11 African countries in which the group operates. “Juliet brings strong leadership capacity and a consumer driven mindset honed from her experience

HomeSend Launches Remittance Service with Hello Paisa in South Africa

HomeSend, the international payment and money transfer hub,  announced the launch of live remittance services for Hello Paisa, a South African money transfer operator offering a fast and efficient way for customers to send money to friends and family in other countries. A joint venture between MasterCard, eServGlobal and BICS, HomeSend is changing the way

Western Union Expansion Continues with WU.com Online Money Transfer Capabilities Launched in Four European Countries

The Western Union Company, a leader in global payment services, announced the launch of new transactional websites in Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Slovenia. With these new introductions, Western Union now has online transactional services in 33 countries, enabling consumers to send money to more than 200 countries and territories. “Western Union continues to expand its

Vodafone Romania Introduces a New Service for its Customers – M Pesa

In partnership with Azimo and WorldRemit, two of the largest operators of digital transfer money internationally, Vodafone Romania introduces a new service for its customers – international money transfer service through Vodafone M Pesa. In a safe and innovative new service facilitates money transfers from abroad, from any person in Europe, USA and Canada by

WorldRemit and Tigo Rwanda Launch Instant International Money Transfers to Tigo Cash Mobile Wallets

Online money transfer service WorldRemit launches instant transfers to Tigo Mobile Money accounts in Rwanda. This announcement makes WorldRemit the first international remittance service to send to mobile wallet users in Rwanda. The new service allows WorldRemit customers from over 50 countries from across the globe to send money to Tigo Cash customers in Rwanda – just

CRDB’s Agency Banking Deposits Reach 524bn/-

The agency banking that was approved by the central bank some two years ago is a platform used by over six banks including, CRDB bank, Postal Bank, Equity Bank, DCB Bank and Maendeleo Bank. CRDB Bank Managing Director Charles Kimei said for instance agents under FahariHuduma managed to increase open over 6,000 new accounts. “Though

GTBank Introduces Innovative Payment Solution

Foremost African financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc has reaffirmed its position as a leading provider of e-payment solutions with the introduction of a new service that allows customers receive Western Union funds directly into their GTBank account via any of the Bank’s Automated Teller Machines (“ATMs”) in Nigeria. The service is also available on