Partnership to empower millions of Orange Money wallets with digital  payments by 2025, boosting financial inclusion in seven countries By Francois Giudice, Bureau Chief, France Orange Middle East and Africa (OMEA) and Mastercard have announced a strategic  partnership to expand access to mobile financial services across Sub-Saharan Africa. This collaboration,...

By Ron Chen, Bureau Chief, Asia Mastercard and Amazon Payment Services have signed a multi-year commercial partnership agreement to digitize payment acceptance in Middle East and Africa, across countries including Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, South Africa and UAE. As part of the collaboration, the leading payment service...

By Cyber Era NG Special Correspondent Safaricom and Mastercard have signed a partnership to accelerate the adoption of payment acceptance and cross-border remittance services in Kenya. This collaboration is set to benefit over 636,000 merchants using M-PESA, Safaricom’s leading mobile money service. Kenya’s payment acceptance market continues to grow, with...