TANZANIA, Aug. 8 -- Airtel Money Africa, the mobile money arm of Airtel Africa, has expanded its partnership with Africas largest mobile money payment service provider, pawaPay, to facilitate seamless cross-border payments for licensed International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs) across seven key markets.

The collaboration marks the launch of pawaPays inbound remittance services into Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, Malawi, Gabon, Congo Brazzaville, and Tanzania, enabling IMTOs to deliver funds directly into more than 161 million Airtel Money wallets in real time.

According to Airtel Money Africa, the extended partnership builds on a five-year relationship in domestic mobile money operations and will enhance backend processes through pawaPays ...