EXPLAINER: How the Massively Successful Safaricom M-PESA Agency Network is Driving Digital Banks in Kenya to Go Physical

EXPLAINER: How the Massively Successful Safaricom M-PESA Agency Network is Driving Digital Banks in Kenya to Go Physical

One of Kenya’s top lenders, NCBA Bank, has announced plans to open 12 new branches in the country in 2022 as part of its expansion plans. This announcement comes despite the bank shutting 14 of its branches in Kenya in 2021 due to the disruption caused by Covid-19. With its expansion, the lender targets to […]

Kenyans Borrow Sh1.2 Billion Per Day From Fuliza, M-Shwari

Kenyans Borrow Sh1.2 Billion Per Day From Fuliza, M-Shwari

Kenyans borrowed nearly Sh1.2 billion every day on Fuliza and M-Shwari mobile loans last year, signalling a deepening debt dependence that increased with last year’s massive job losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. NCBA Bank financials released yesterday show the lender advanced a total of Sh432 billion Fuliza and M-Shwari mobile loans, which averaged about […]