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Western Union, MFS Africa Partner to Enable Money Transfers Mobile Wallets Across Africa

MFS Africa has partnered with Western Union to enable individuals and businesses across the continent to receive money from over 200 countries.

The partnership will enable funds to be sent from countries worldwide to mobile wallets across Africa through the organization’s licensed payment rails. The service will first launch in Madagascar, and eventually in other countries across the continent. 

Kumar Shourav, Managing Director, MTOs at MFS Africa noted that a partnership has a huge potential and impact on the payments industry in the region.

“At MFS Africa, we have always believed in making payments as simple as possible. Payment infrastructures globally have traditionally remained fragmented and local in nature. Africa’s 54 countries are diverse not just in terms of population, development levels, growth rates, and stability but also with payment infrastructure and regulations.” he said.

”Africa’s fast-growing populations and markets present significant opportunities for businesses and individuals in an environment of slowing global growth.” he added.

Through this Western Union and MFS Africa partnership, Shourav says both organizations will provide customers, businesses, and Global Development Organisations across the world with access to convenient payout options in Africa. ”This will foster better integration between Africa and the rest of the world and will go a long way in supporting financial inclusion across the continent. Therefore, this partnership made complete sense.”

Similarly, Western Union’s ethos is based on empowering the aspiring populations of the world with accessible financial tools to improve the lives of their loved ones and communities.

Mohamed Touhami El Ouazzani, Regional Vice President of Africa, at Western Union noted, “Innovation, commitment to customer focus and financial inclusion are at the heart of everything we do at Western Union. We are deeply committed to the region and remain focused on advancing cross-border money movement solutions for the people in this region, their communities as well as the broader economy. Through our collaboration with MFS Africa, we look forward to achieving our common critical role in getting money to the places where and when it is most needed.”

The organization’s full-service digital payments network connects over 400 million mobile money wallets, and over 200 million bank accounts across Africa. It also connects over 200,000 agents in Nigeria, to enable cross-platform and cross-border payments for remittance companies, mobile network operators, banks, non-bank financial institutions and global merchants. 

Silas Ugochi

Silas Ugochi is a Staff Writer and Content Creator at GetFundedAfrica. Ugochi is an educated content writer who relishes using her skills to help GetFundedAfrica's Media Team achieve the goal of sharing the success stories of African entrepreneurs. When she isn't writing articles, she can be found listening to music, reading, or DJing.

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