Category: Airtel Africa

Differences Between MTN MoMo Card and Airtel Virtual MasterCard

Joseph Otim

Due to sudden growth in digital economy across the African continent, making online payments and cashless transactions are becoming more rightly agreed to use by private businesses by their clients. In early 2021, Airtel Africa officially made it clear that they were partnering with Mastercard, providing their clients across 14 African countries the opportunity to access and use Mastercard’s global system by bringing into place the Airtel Virtual debit MasterCard for the very first time after the one for MTN. This addition adds to the growing list of an ever growing…

UNICEF and Airtel Africa team up to support Children and Families affected by Covid-19

Charles Layoo

UNICEF and Airtel Africa are teaming up to provide 133 million School aged Children in Sub-Saharan Africa with access to remote learning and assistance for their families through mobile technology. Under this partnership, UNICEF and Airtel Africa will use mobile technology to benefit an estimated number of 133 million School age Children currently affected by school closures in 13 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic. With Covid-19 leading to school closures around the world, this partnership seeks to protect and uphold children’s right to education, event amidst crisis…