MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Airtel Launches Mobile Money Platform in Uganda

The Ugandan arm of India’s Airtel launched its mobile money platform on Tuesday, January 31, 2012, allowing its customers to use e-money to pay bills, pay for mobile credit, and receive money via mobile network. Other operators of mobile money services in Uganda include MTN, Uganda Telecom and Warid Telecom. Airtel has a total of 4 million subscribers in Uganda [1].

By Natalie Baer, Research Associate

Sources and Additional Resources:

[1] Uganda’s Airtel launches mobile money http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2012/02/uganda%E2%80%99s-airtel-launches-mobile-money/

MicroCapital Story, February 7, 2012, “MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: 84% of New Cellphone Users in Kenya Signing Up for Mobile Money Transfer” https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-84-of-new-cellphone-users-in-kenya-signing-up-for-mobile-money-transfer/

MicroCapital Story, January 25, 2012, “MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Obopay, Warid Telecom Partner to Launch Warid Pesa Mobile Banking and Payment Service in Uganda”
https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-obopay-warid-telecom-partner-to-launch-warid-pesa-mobile-banking-and-payment-service-in-uganda/

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