World Health Organisation (WHO) is launching a messaging service with partners WhatsApp and Facebook to keep people safe from coronavirus
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Airtel Kenya offers free transactions on Airtel money across all bands
Airtel Kenya has removed all its transaction fees, making it possible for Kenyans to send and receive money for FREE on its Airtel Money platform
Safaricom waives fees for M-Pesa transactions in wake of Covid-19
Kenyan mobile network operator Safaricom has announced that it will waive fees on its mobile money transfer service M-Pesa for transactions below US$10
Orange launches Orange Money in Morocco
Orange Morocco has announced the launch of Orange Money
Nigeria deactivates 2.2mn improperly registered SIM cards
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the national telecommunications regulator, stated that it had deactivated 2.2mn of improperly registered Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards across telecommunications networks nationwide in the second phase of the deactivation process, taking out seven million in the first phase in September 2019