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Huawei Cooperates With Kenya Bankers Association To Expand Financial Inclusion

The Kenya Bankers Association will work with Huawei to spearhead industry-wide education in fintech innovation, digital transformation, and other ICT-related programs.

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COVID-19 Crisis Lifts Kenya's Mobile Money Usage to $4.2 Billion a Month

The huge surge is attributed to a government measure instituted to curb COVID-19 spread by encouraging the use of mobile money payments.

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EIB Lends $12M to Credo Bank for Microfinance in Rural Georgia to Offset Effects of COVID-19 on Food Production

Credo will use the funds to on-lend primarily as working capital for people living in rural areas, with the aim of lessening the impacts COVID-19 has had on food production and the country’s agricultural sector.

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United Nations Federal Credit Union Partners With Thunes for Mobile Money Transfers

The collaboration enables UNFCU members to transfer money to mobile wallets in select countries in local currencies.

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Visa and TerraPay Partner to Drive Domestic Remittances

TerraPay and Visa have today announced a strategic partnership that aims to develop and deliver payment solutions to drive financial inclusion and cashless transactions for domestic payments in Kenya and global remittances to Kenya.

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World Bank Approves $1 Billion Financing for Kenya, to Address COVID-19 Financing Gap and Support Kenya’s Economy

Kenya has undertaken policy reforms that directly benefit many low-income Kenyan households.

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Kenya: Banks, Mobile Money Agents Are Counting Losses

In response to the economic disruption from COVID-19 pandemic, the Central Bank of Kenya announced a set of directives promoting digital transactions to curb the spread of COVID-19. These directives have significantly impacted the banks and mobile money agencies.

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List of Digital Lenders Denied CRB Access by Central Bank of Kenya

The question that people have right now is: Which lenders were denied access to the CRBs by the Central Bank?

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Fintech Credit Provider 4G Capital Adjusts Business Operations to Cope with Coronavirus Outbreak

Fintech credit provider 4G Capital, a firm that supports individuals and companies across Africa, has introduced operational and services updates for its business operations across Kenya and Uganda.

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Kenya Turns to Safaricom's M-Pesa Mobile-Money to Stem the Spread of COVID-19

Safaricom announced that all person-to-person (P2P) transactions under KSH 1,000 (≈ $10) would be free starting Tuesday for the next 90 days.