Vodacom Tanzania Launches M-Pesa Global Payment with Visa, Alipay, MTN and Thunes
Vodacom Tanzania has launched M-Pesa Global Payment, a new service that enables Tap and Pay worldwide with Visa and supports payments t..
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Vodacom Tanzania has launched M-Pesa Global Payment, new international payment features in partnership with Visa, Alipay, MTN Uganda, and Thunes, to boost digital financial inclusion and cross-border trade.
- The service allows customers to use the M-Pesa Visa tokenized card for global transactions, pay Chinese merchants via Alipay, and transact with select Dubai merchants through TerraPay.
- Payments to MTN MoMo wallets in Uganda are also enabled, simplifying regional trade for SMEs.
- M-Pesa Director Epimack Mbeteni highlighted the goal of building a strong, interconnected digital payments ecosystem, making cross-border transactions as easy, secure, and affordable as local ones.
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Companies Expand Tech and Financial Services in Africa Through Partnerships and Funding - November 2025
Several initiatives are expanding services across Africa through partnerships and funding. Vodacom Tanzania has launched M-Pesa Global Payment in partnership with Visa, Alipay, MTN Uganda, and Thunes to boost digital financial inclusion and cross-border trade. Separately, the United States Department of State has announced a $150 million "pay-for-performance" financing vehicle for Zipline. This funding is intended to expand Zipline's drone delivery infrastructure across Africa and is contingent on partner African governments signing expansion contracts. In a broader regional move, Westcon Comstor has partnered with Fortanix to provide advanced data security services across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), aiming to strengthen secure AI environments.