Safaricom’s M-PESA Global has been shortlisted for the Global Mobile Awards 2019.
The service launched in November has been nominated under the Best Mobile Innovation for Commerce.
“We launched M-PESA Global as part of our strategy to open up M-PESA to the world,” Safaricom chief financial officer Sitoyo Lopokoiyit said.
The platform allows M-Pesa’s 21 million active users to send and receive money across the world using their mobile phones which will be connected to Western Union, World Remit and HomeSend.
The new service also encompasses PayPal integration, allowing customers to deposit from M-Pesa to PayPal and withdraw from their PayPal accounts to M-Pesa.
Users will also be able to send money to mobile money users in Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda as well as transfer money from M-Pesa directly to bank accounts in the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and Germany,
Last year Shupavu 291 which was developed by Eneza Education in collaboration with Safaricom, won in the Best Mobile Invention for Education category.
Winners of the awards will be announced during this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC 19 ) which takes place on 25th - 28th Barcelona February.
