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MTN and Vodacom strike mobile money deal in East Africa

Wednesday 22 April 2015 10:11 CET | News

Telecom provider MTN Group and Vodafone Group have entered a partnership to interconnect their mobile money services.

Following the agreement, customers of MTN Mobile Money and Vodacom M-Pesa in East Africa will be able to transfer money to each other.

This interconnect deal enables international mobile payments between M-Pesa customers in Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mozambique; and MTN Mobile Money customers in Uganda, Rwanda and Zambia.

In recent news, money transfer company Xpress Money has unveiled its partnership with MTN Ghana.


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Keywords: MTN, Vodacom, mobile money, East Africa, M-Pesa, Transfer, money, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia
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