Vodafone Group Plc and ITU, the United Nations’ specialised agency for information and communication technologies, have launched an initiative, with the aim that an additional 3.4 billion people could have the ability to access and use the internet through a smartphone by 2030

Tanzania's government has reduced the mobile money transaction levy by 30%, stated the Ministry of Finance and Planning

OFIN, a fintech startup specialising in behavioural data analytics, has developed a first-of-its-kind mobile app that endeavours to change financial behaviour, which will ultimately address financial inclusion

Lleida.net, the telecom services company, has signed new contracts with the national postal operating companies of Senegal and Sierra Leone and renewed its existing contract with the postal operator of Malawi

VYZYO, a rapidly growing mobile financial services technology company, and CAMPOST, the national provider of postal and financial services in Cameroon, have signed a commercial partnership agreement to deploy and operate digital payment and mobile financial services throughout Cameroon