Mobile operators seek changes to planned levy The Star THE four mobile telecoms operators are not keen towards contributing 0.5 per cent of their annual revenue for development in remote areas unless some changes are made to the Universal Service Fund regulation. Safaricom, Airtel, Telkom Kenya (Orange) ... See all stories on this topic »

'Mbao for Bao' Initiative Best Way Forward, Says FKF's Nyamweya AllAfrica.com Dubbed 'Mbao for Bao', the sms-based initiative is a novel effort by FKF and it's partners to allow all Kenyans contribute to the Harambee Stars kitty by sending Sh20 through their mobile phone. All that Kenyans need to do in the Mbao initiative is to ... See all stories on this topic »

Safricom upgrades M-Pesa platform for faster payments Finextra Kenya's Safaricom has embarked on a major overhaul of its M-Pesa mobile money platform which will dramatically increase processing capacity, enabling near real-time payments. According to Business Daily Africa, Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has been ... See all stories on this topic »

Gigantic Growth in Mobile Phone Penetration AllAfrica.com In Kenya alone, a mobile financial service launched in 2007 has thus far attracted more than 17 million users whose transactions equate to more than 20 percent of that country's GDP and together with other mobile money systems has created about 47 000 ... See all stories on this topic »

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