Safaricom has extended its M-PESA Global service to Ethiopia allowing customers make mobile money transactions from Kenya to Ethiopia. Through this expansion, the two companies aim to increase mobile money use and penetration across Ethiopia boosting local economies as well as creating opportunities for individuals and businesses across the region.
This collaboration resonates with our commitment to deliver innovative financial solutions that cater to the evolving needs of our customers. By making cross-border transfers more accessible, efficient and cost effective, we are empowering individuals and businesses across the region.
Esther Waititu, Chief Financial Services Officer, Safaricom Kenya
Customers in M-PESA Kenya can now make mobile money transfers to M-PESA Ethiopia via the M-PESA International Remittance. Through this collaboration, customers in both countries will only require their M-PESA wallets.
Speaking during the signing ceremony, Elsa Muzzolini – Safaricom Ethiopia’s Chief Financial Services Officer stated, “We are thrilled to work with M-PESA Kenya especially at a time of foreign exchange policy reforms made by the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) that encourages a growing number of Ethiopian diaspora and business owners are embracing digital payments to send money to their loved ones and fund their operations
Our M-PESA Ethiopia customers should now be able to receive safe and affordable transfers from M-PESA Kenya thanks to this collaboration, which will further promote the region’s adoption of digital payments. We look forward to a successful collaboration.
Elsa Muzzolini, Chief Financial Services Officer, Safaricom Ethiopia
This expansion of M-PESA Global to Ethiopia is a significant step towards strengthening financial integration in East Africa and promoting economic growth.
Key beneficiaries of the latest development include, Ethiopians living and working in Kenya, Kenyans living and working in Ethiopia.
In addition to Ethiopia, M-PESA customers can also send and receive money to over 190 countries making it the mobile-money proposition of choice catering for both individual and corporate transactions.
