DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 24 -- AIRTEL Africa has announced a strategic agreement to offer Western Union's cross-border capability via Airtel money wallet enabling customers to move money in real time across 14 countries in Africa.
The collaboration with Airtel Africa will enable more than 15 million Airtel Money mobile wallet users in Tanzania, Nigeria, Uganda, Gabon, Zambia, DRC, Malawi, Madagascar, Kenya, Congo, Niger, Tchad, Rwanda and Seychelles to simply route any money transfer received from across the world into their wallets.
Western Union President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Hikmet Ersek said "Western Union's unique ability to partner with a growing base of tech leaders is helping Africa to connect to the global financial syst...