Airtel Money Africa Expands Remittance Reach via pawaPay Across Seven Markets
Airtel Money Africa partners with pawaPay to enable instant remittances across seven markets, supporting inclusion and financial access...
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Airtel Money Africa has expanded its five-year partnership with pan-African payments provider pawaPay, enabling inbound international remittances across seven key markets. This collaboration allows International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs) to send funds directly to over 161 million Airtel Money mobile wallets in real time.
- The expanded service covers Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, Malawi, Gabon, Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), and Tanzania.
- pawaPay's infrastructure handles over 4 million transactions per day with a 99.9% platform uptime.
- Airtel Africa plans to take its Airtel Money arm public in the first half of 2026.
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