Vodafone India, one of India’s leading telecom service providers, has entered into a strategic tie-up with Walmart India, the wholly owned subsidiary of world’s largest retailer Walmart Stores Inc. This tie-up will enable business members of six Best Price Modern Wholesale stores, owned and operated by Walmart India, to make payments using MPesa from their mobile anywhere, anytime.
Kenyan leading mobile money transfer service M-Pesa has marked its seventh anniversary since its launch in March 2007, with Safaricom saying the service has touched the lives of many Kenyans. “M-Pesa has given Kenya something to be proud of, and made a difference in the lives of ordinary people,” said Safaricom chief executive officer (CEO)
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
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