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- 25 May 2021
Arm’s Length Policy of Payment Service Banks in Nigeria: The need for Clarity
Emmanuel Okoegwale In furtherance to enhance access to basic financial services for underserved and unbanked segments of the society, the Central Bank of Nigeria created a new license category,…
- 21 Sept 2022
The Wirecard Scandal, Lesson for Africa’s Fintech and Regulators
By Emmanuel Okoegwale, A Television documentary titled 'Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard’ caught my attention on Netflix during the weekend. Years back, I had met an executive of the firm when He…
- 1 May 2020
Covid-19: Opportunity for Govt Payment Digitization and Financial Inclusion in Africa
By Emmanuel Okoegwale Since the beginning of 2020, the World had been gripped by the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic crisis affecting millions of people across all the continents including Africa…
- 28 Sept 2010
Expert Calls for Risks Mitigation on Mobile Payment
Emmanuel Okoegwale, principal consultant at MobileMoneyAfrica, has said that there need proper understanding of the risk involved in providing financial services through the mobile phone to…
- 7 Jan 2018
Nigeria Struggles as MM International Remittances’ Boom in Africa
Nigeria is still struggling while other African countries are enjoying mobile money international remittances and experts who should know are worried. Emmanuel Okoegwale, Principal Associate,…
- 11 Apr 2016
Redundant MM Agents Hobble Penetration- Experts
Emmanuel Okoegwale, Principal Associate, Mobilemoney Africa, has said that large number of redundant mobile money agents is a major challenge of the industry. He said this as…
- 25 May 2015
Expert Seeks Telcos Involvement in MobileMoney to Ignite Growth
Emmanuel Okoegwale, Principal Associate, Mobilemoney Africa, has stressed the need for telecommunications operators to be directly involved in the mobile money ecosystem to enable greater growth.…
- 27 Dec 2015
Expert Taps Social Protection, Others to Drive Mobile Money Growth in 2016
Emmanuel Okoegwale, principal associate, Mobilemoney Africa, has said that the Nigerian social protection programme that will reach over 20 million vulnerable beneficiaries receiving N5, 000 monthly.…
- 11 Jan 2010
Postal Banking & Mobile Money Training Holds January 20
Registration is now on for the Postal Banking and Mobile Money training in Lagos, an event organized by MobileMoney Africa and supported by Nigeria CommunicationsWeek. Emmanuel Okoegwale,…
- 18 Sept 2016
Expert Seeks Migration from MM to Digital Financial Services
Emmanuel Okoegwale, Principal Associate, Mobilemoney Africa, has urged Central Bank of Nigeria and licensed mobile money operators in the country to move away from mobile money services…
- 2 Feb 2016
Remittance & Mobilemoney Expo begins Today
The sixth remittance and mobilemoney expo begins today in Lagos, Nigeria. The forum is expected to discuss issues around lowering remittance transaction cost. According to Emmanuel Okoegwale, event…
- 18 Sept 2019
Rethinking Agency Banking with New Innovations in Nigeria
Emmanuel Okoegwale Few weeks ago, I attended a national financial services agency forum, organized by one of the leading industry players in Nigeria with very impressive attendance from agents,…
- 26 Nov 2012
GSMA Retains Nigerian Judge for Mobile Money Global Awards
Emmanuel Okoegwale has been retained for the third year in a row to serve as a judge in the highly prestigious GSMA global awards in the Best Mobile Money category…
- 17 Mar 2019
Payment Service Banks in Nigeria, Lessons from the Past
By Emmanuel Okoegwale Ten years ago, there was great optimism that the licensing of mobile money providers will usher in a new era in the drive for greater financial inclusion and fill the vacuum…
- 24 May 2010
MobileMoneyAfrica to Train 60,000 Mobile Payment Agents in Nigeria
MobileMoneyAfrica, Africa’s leading resource for mobile financial inclusion media and research provider has commenced a programme to train at least 60,000 mobile payment agents in Nigeria.…
- 6 Feb 2012
MobileMoney West Africa Summit Announces Speakers
MobileMoneyAfrica, Africa’s leading resource for mobile financial inclusion has announced the first round of speakers to speak at the MobileMoney West Africa Summit and Exhibition to be held in…
- 31 Jul 2014
VAS Key to Financial Inclusion Says Obi, eTranzact Boss
Forging Inclusive growth in payment systems and financial inclusion initiatives In Nigeria was the theme of this year’s edition of the annual Business Day Mobile Money Roundtable held on the 24th of…
- 21 Jun 2010
Scammers Turn to SMSes, Dupe Nigerians
Taking undue advantage of Nigeria’s profile as the largest mobile market in Africa, scam artists have turned to SMS technologies to bait phone users leaving tales of woes and losses in their…
- 15 Mar 2017
Mastercard Headlines CashlessAfrica Conference, Expo in Lagos
Mastercard, leading digital payment solutions provider, has been unveiled as the headline sponsor of the 6th Edition of the CashlessAfrica Conference and Expo. The event is organised by Mobile Money…
- 28 Jan 2013
Highwire Lobby to Save Mobile Money
Major mobile money industry players have begun a high wire lobby to get the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to rejig the policy framework of mobile money services after a fluttering start of the…
- 10 Aug 2010
CBN Grills Applicants, Prepares to Issue MMT Licenses
It is all coming together now as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) prepares to issue the first set of licenses to mobile money providers that would provide services to the under-banked and under…
- 11 Jan 2010
Nigerians Trust Phones More than Banks-Study
Preliminary findings from a mobile perception survey have shown that Nigerians trust mobile phones more than banking institutions and suggested that mass banking through the mobile is imminent in the…
- 10 Jan 2013
First Round Speakers Roll Call for MobileMoneyExpo
The first round of speakers made up of some of the best brains in mobile money ecosystem has been announced by the organizers of the 3rd MobileMoneyExpo. They include; Peter Ollikanen - SVP at…
- 8 Jan 2013
MobileMoney Expo Hosts Masterclass to Address Mobile Money Challenges
Organizers of the annual MobileMoney Expo have added a Masterclass to address the channels distortions in the Nigerian Mobile Money space in Nigeria. The Masterclass will engage the stakeholders,…
- 4 Jan 2013
Drowning in the Nigerian MobileMoney Data Quagmire
If you question data sufficiently, it will confess to almost anything – Fred Menger, Chemistry Professor (1937 - ) In late 2011, Nigeria joined other progressive nations to license mobile…
- 10 Jan 2013
Easy Wallet, Others Top Kalahari MobileMoney Nominations
Etisalat’s Easy Wallet, the premium SIM application with a single interface to access and operate mobile money accounts is leading nominations at MobileMoneyexpo’s Kalahari awards.…
- 10 Feb 2013
Eskimi Wins Best Mobile Social Network Award
Eskimi, the largest mobile social network in Nigeria has been recognized as the ‘best mobile social network” by the grand jury of Mobile Money Africa. Eskimi was recongnized as the best product and…
- 21 Jan 2013
Mobile Money Meets Roadblock after Hype
Poor merchant acceptability and other factors have conspired to hobble the uptake of mobile money, which involves the transfer of money from one mobile phone to another without any need for a bank…
- 6 Jul 2010
MobiFEST 2010 to host Sim Registration centers.
The organizers of Nigeria’s first mobile applications exhibition, tagged mobifest 2010 which will be hosted at the muilti purpose Halls of University of Lagos and will run concurrently with a…
- 30 Mar 2009
Mobilechallenge Powers Aitec’s Innovation Hub.
This Year’s Banking and payment technologies event for West Africa, organized by Aitec Africa at the Muson centre in May 4th – 6th,will add another feather to its cap. A fully fledge…