Safaricom Ethiopia’s Mobile Financial Services goes live

M-PESA, Safaricom Ethiopia’s Mobile Financial Services, goes live  three months after receiving the Payment Instrument Issuer License from the National Bank of Ethiopia.

In preparation for launch, M-PESA has undergone a rigorous three-month pilot and testing, completed the technical readiness, secured key partnerships with Banks, recruited, trained, and onboarded M-PESA agents.

All Safaricom Ethiopia customers are eligible for the services offered by M-PESA and can dial *733# on their Safaricom line both for android and IOS. The app is currently ready in 5 languages for android devices and available on play store; and will be available for IOS devices in the coming weeks.

Using M-PESA, customers can send money within the country and receive money from within the country and abroad, pay to merchants, buy airtime, transfer to their bank accounts, and send money from their bank accounts to their M-PESA.