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- 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…
- 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…
- 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.…
- 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 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,…
- 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 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…
- 2 Jul 2012
Growing Content Among Mobile Phone Users
As mobile phone use has grown since the mid 1990s, the significance of the devices in everyday life has grown accordingly. Owners of mobile phones can now use their devices to make calendar…
- 24 May 2020
New Vista to Deepen Financial Inclusion Beckons with COVID-19
The Covid-19 pandemic is forcing companies, especially those in the financial services sector to rethink their strategies. This is because during the Covid-19 complete lockdown of some parts 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 30 Jul 2015
Mobile Money Schemes Record N4.3Bn Worth of Transactions in June
The value of mobile money transactions between the different mobile schemes in the country have reached N4.3Billion at the end of June this year, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can now reveal. The…
- 14 Dec 2015
MNOs to Get Super-Agent Role in Mobile Money Ecosystem
Contrary to speculations making the rounds that Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is planning to license Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to operate Mobile Money business. They will be given…
- 14 Feb 2012
Access, Others Hobble Mobile Money Revolution
Issues around access and sundry matters have conspired to threaten the roll out of mobile money services, dampening excitements, after initial hype touted mobile money as the next big thing, Nigeria…
- 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…
- 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…
- 24 Apr 2017
Stakeholders Seek Regulatory Review to Boost Mobile Money
Stakeholders in the mobile money ecosystem have called for a review of the prevailing mobile money regulatory framework, so that the country can achieve the target growth rate in the system. They…
- 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…
- 25 Jul 2016
Pirates Invade Mobile Payments Services Space
Unlicensed mobile payment companies have invaded the country’s mobile financial services ecosystem exploiting the weak regulatory enforcement system and stakeholders are not happy about it. …
- 10 Jul 2016
Cashless Nigeria @ 2: Stakeholders Chart Areas of Focus
Stakeholders in the electronic payment space have commended the success so far recorded in the cashless Nigeria initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) which clocks two years this July, even…
- 4 May 2014
Nigeria to Miss MM Cross Border Remittance Deal
Nigeria will not be a beneficiary of the landmark deal struck by major telecom operators in Africa for the implementation of interoperable mobile money services across Africa and the Middle East…
- 14 Sept 2015
How and Why PoS Penetration is Tottering
Experts have blamed infrastructure and the bank-led model adopted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to drive financial inclusion for the lethargic growth and use of use of Point of Sale terminal…
- 28 Sept 2015
Clash between Telcos, Banks Hobbles Mobile Money Growth
Individualities of banks and telecommunications service providers are hindering partnerships to reach millions of the unbanked and underbanked Nigerians under the financial inclusion scheme.…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.…