Comments on: Digital Money Blog: Mobile banking in Africa http://thebankwatch.com/2006/11/16/digital-money-blog-mobile-banking-in-africa-7/ Tracking the evolution of financial services Thu, 10 May 2012 08:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bayo Adekanmbi http://thebankwatch.com/2006/11/16/digital-money-blog-mobile-banking-in-africa-7/#comment-25758 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:11:27 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2006/11/16/digital-money-blog-mobile-banking-in-africa-7/#comment-25758 Mobile payment systems is going to be one of the biggest hits in africa for operators who truly connect to the everyday reality of the consumers. Me2u airtime sharing service has been elevated to a mobile remittance system among families and friends in most markets in the region.

The obvious next level is to progress this to a full-scale bank-supported, easy-to-use but very secure platform that make this another killer app
The success of MPesa in Kenya is a learning for us all

]]> By: Mobile telephony and banking | Phoney finance | Economist.com « Bankwatch http://thebankwatch.com/2006/11/16/digital-money-blog-mobile-banking-in-africa-7/#comment-4547 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:52:21 +0000 http://bankwatch.wordpress.com/2006/11/16/digital-money-blog-mobile-banking-in-africa-7/#comment-4547 [...]  Another article on the topic of mobile banking in Africa  Earlier we posted a reference to Wizzit.  Here the Economist talks about the challenges of authentication, and usability, but there are several players in this space in Africa. [...]

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