Kenya: Safaricom Girds Up for Equitel-Mpesa Battle

25 August 2015
opinion

A year ago, Equity Bank introduced a new technology -the thin SIM card- to the Kenyan market. A thin SIM card allows users to have two SIM card on one phone, saving you the hassle of buying and carrying about two phones.

However, and more importantly, Equity Bank's intention then, as it is now, was to use the thin SIM technology to enter the mobile money market.

...

AllAfrica publishes around 400 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.