Tag: Nick Hughes

In this video, Kimathi Githachuri (Former, Head of The Helix Institute of Digital Finance) , Pauline Vaughan (Director of Operations, M-KOPA, Previously Head of M-PESA Kenya) and Nick Hughes (Co-Founder of M-KOPA and so-called ‘Father of M-PESA’) share their advice on how to build a successful and sustainable mobile money or agent banking agent network.

In this video, Nick Hughes, Head of International Mobile Payment Solutions, Vodafone Group, talks about their product M-Pesa in Kenya- a mobile payment service which allows customers with a prepaid phone to move money between accounts. Vodafone has promoted M-Pesa as a mobile payment service that is quick, convenient and secure. He further explains the […]

The note highlights the reasons as to why should low income segment prefer technology—if it is secure, convenient, low cost, accessible/liquid and easy to transfer.