More than 70% of prepaid electricity users prefer to use their mobile phones to buy electricity tokens than any other outlet, a survey conducted by Kenya Power has revealed. M-Pesa is the most popular facility accounting for 95% of all mobile based prepaid purchases. Kenya Power currently has 340,000 customers on prepaid metering system. The
Air Uganda launched a new revamped booking engine, with improved functionality. The new engine which is now live on the Air Uganda Website was unveiled to the press by the air Uganda management team at their headquarters in Kololo. The new platform which was launched in June this year allows customers to search, book and
Tangazoletu Limited recently launched one of its products ‘Spot Cash’ at the Hotel Starbucks in Karatina town of Central province, Kenya. Speaking during the event, the company’s Technical Director Chris Gathingu, clearly explained that members of SACCOs (Savings and Credit Cooperatives) and Microfinance institutions will now be able to withdraw and deposit their money from
Kipochi Ltd has launched a groundbreaking solution that allows people to send/receive BitCoin and convert it to and from an M-Pesa balance. This enables Kenyans to receive money transfers from the diaspora in an easier, faster and cheaper way, compared to using banks and money transferring services such as Western Union and MoneyGram. Kipochi is
M-PESA, the flagship brand of the leading integrated communications service provider Safaricom Limited, has now set its sights on the medium and small entreprises with the launch of Lipa Na M-PESA- a campaign aimed at entrenching the use of its payment services as primary tool of transactions. Lipa na M-PESA is an umbrella service for
