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- 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,…
- 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…
- 28 Feb 2012
Experts Converge on Lagos for MobileMoney West Africa Summit
MobileMoney regulation, international remittances and agency banking will be a major focus at the 2nd Mobile Money West Africa summit which will be held at the Lagos Orientals Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria…
- 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.…
- 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…
- 4 Dec 2015
Mobilemoney Stakeholders to Meet Over Lowering Transaction Cost
More than 250 delegates from over 25 countries are expected for the 6th remittance and mobilemoney expo to be held in Nigeria, Africa’s largest remittance recipient nation on February 2016 to discuss…
- 11 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.…
- 4 Feb 2013
Star-studded Lineup for MobileMoney Expo
This year’s MobileMoneyAfrica expo and conference is shaping up to be an event as star-studded as any red carpet, with dozens of heavy hitters lining up to speak, including Jonathon Ridley -…
- 17 Sept 2012
MobileMoney and Future of Insurance in Nigeria
With growing incidences of natural disasters, crop failures, investment uncertainty, growing population and dwindling natural resources, Africans are more than ever before exposed to the effects of…
- 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…
- 8 Apr 2013
NIBSS Begins Interoperability Services in MobileMoney Transactions
National Central Switch (NCS) has begun interoperability services for mobile money transactions, having completed integration of 15 out of the 16 already licensed mobile money operator. The…
- 9 Apr 2013
Stanbic IBTC Eases Banking Access with Stanbic Mobile App
Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, has unveiled its Stanbic IBTC MobileMoney App for smartphones running on BlackBerry, iOS and Android operating systems, as s part of its…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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.…
- 12 Dec 2016
Nigeria Still at Outskirts of Mobile Money Remittances
Nigeria is still struggling with low adoption and highly fragmented agency networks and both are conspiring to hobble the growth of the industry. Also, the country may not enjoy the benefits of…
- 15 Feb 2014
Bharti Airtel Decorated at 4thMobileMoney Expo 2014
Bharti Airtel has been awarded the prestigious Kalahari Award 2014 as a player in the mobile money sector with the fastest growth and expansion in Africa, in recognition of its contributions and…
- 16 Mar 2009
MTN set to Launch Mobile Money Transfer in Nigeria
Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN) Nigeria plans to launch Mobile money transfer in the country. This is coming against the successful launch of Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) in Uganda paving way…
- 30 Jul 2017
Agents, Logistics Hobble Banks’ Mobile Money Operations
Managing mobile money agents’ networks and logistic issues have conspired to frustrate money deposit banks from making progree in the mobile money operations in the country, according to experts who…
- 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,…
- 11 Sept 2012
Risks of Mobile Payment and Agency Banking
Nigeria is experiencing phenomenal growth in its banking and e-banking sectors with new policies and regulations that is driving cashlite, branchless Banking and agency banking services…
- 2 Nov 2012
Operators, Customers Play Hide and Seek Over Mobile Money
Mobile money services touted as the next big thing in e-payments eco-system, is still at an all time low in the country no thanks to seeming sluggish rollout, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek…
- 17 Dec 2012
MobileMoneyExpo Hosts Subscriber’s Interaction Center
The 3rd MobileMoneyExpo delivers two full days of top executives networking, cutting edge content from dynamic presentations and engaging discussions designed to address developments, challenges, and…
- 4 Jan 2013
MobileMoneyAfrica Opens Registration for Expo/Awards
Registration is now open for the 3rd MobileMoneyAfrica's annual event taking place on February 6-7 at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, Lagos. Details at www.mobilemoneyexpo.com said that the theme of 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…
- 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…
- 9 Feb 2014
Eskimi Sponsors 4th Mobile Money Expo
Eskimi, a mobile social network actively working in the space of mobile money marketing, customer acquisition and retention, becomes a media sponsor of the 4th Mobile Money Expo, the leading event in…
- 2 Mar 2014
MM Schemes Achieve N300m in January
Transactions across the various mobile money (MM) schemes in the country hit a record N300 million as at the end of January, underscoring a tipping point in the shift towards the cashless society,…
- 29 Aug 2014
MATS Signs 10 MM Agreements for Agency Rollout in Nigeria
Merchant and Agent Transactions Services (MATS) has signed ten landmark agreements and actively integrating them for agency transactions in Nigeria. The firm is deploying own proprietary software,…