M-Pesa is the most successful mobile money payment/transfer service in the world. (Image source: Rosenfield Media/Flickr)
The money is primarily transferred using the M-Pesa mobile phone-based money transfer service
Rashidat, 18, an entrepreneur in Nigeria, whos been helped to start a jewellery business through a Mercy Corps programme supported by UK aid. (Image source: Mercy Corps/C Robbins via gov.uk)
Priti Patel, Secretary of State for International Development wrote this op-ed piece, originally published in the Sunday Telegraph on 9 July 2017, and was distributed by the UK Department for International Development
DTB and Mastercard Partner to Enhance Digital Payments in Kenya. (Image source: Fleishman)
Diamond Trust Bank Kenya (DTB) and Mastercard have announced their partnership to roll-out the DTB Masterpass QR app in Kenya, a mobile payment solution that will enable millions of businesses to accept fast and secure digital payments from consumers
Mo Ibrahim Foundation Leadership Ceremony, Addis Ababa in 2013. (Image source: Mo Ibrahim Foundation/Flickr)
The three Ibrahim Fellows are Robtel Neajai Pailey (Liberia) who will join the African Development Bank (AfDB), Ndapiwa Segole (Botswana) who will join UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and Oulimata Fall (Senegal) who will join International Trade Centre (ITC)
The industrial skyline of Maputos harbour, Mozambique. (Image source: Julien Lagarde/Commons)
China, the world’s second-largest economy, has assisted the African region through greater inflows of bilateral aid, trade, and infrastructure spending, especially over the past two decades – thus helping to raise the continent’s potential growth and business profile in external markets
