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Safaricom in talks with five firms on M-Pesa’s future

Safaricom Chief Executive Bob Collymore

Mobile service provider Safaricom has announced that it is in discussions with five companies to broaden the availability of M-Pesa services.

The operator said it is close to finalising the process of increasing the mobile money platform’s interoperability with the five firms — which it did not name — in the next one year as it “seeks more ways to deepen financial inclusion”.

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