"You are effectively texting money," says Bob Collymore, Safaricom's CEO. "It is often referred to as Kenya's alternative currency. But safer and more secure." More secure because at one time ...

They pay bills, buy goods and send money to family members -- all by mobile phone. Kenya's mobile money revolution is helping poor people and boosting local economies. Saimon Outiri works as a ...

Kenya’s largest teleco, Safaricom, will implement a fee-waiver on East Africa’s leading mobile-money product, M-Pesa, to reduce the physical exchange of currency in response to the COVID-19 ...

Claim: The Kenyan authorities say a move to withdraw old banknotes from circulation to tackle corruption has been a success. Former 1,000 Kenyan shilling ($10; £8) banknotes were withdrawn from ...

PAYING for a taxi ride using your mobile phone is easier in Nairobi than it is in New York, thanks to Kenya’s world-leading mobile-money system, M-PESA. Launched in 2007 by Safaricom, ...