The number of Kenyans living and working abroad is fast rising and projected to hit 3million in 2017. Migration to other countries has often been linked to seeking of opportunities professionals, education and just as tourists. They maybe miles away but as always in the Kenyan spirit, they have kept constant touch with their roots.
There is a Fresh Way to Send Money Home
The mobile money transfer industry is slowly and rapidly taking over in East Africa. With agents every corner around the country, it proves to be the most widely accessible means to receive money. Transfers between person to another or business to business within the country have really improved in speed and efficiency.
Leading Money Transfer Services in East Africa
East African economies received more than $3.5 billion in diaspora remittances in 2015, with the largest amounts being sent to Kenya and Uganda. Behind these figures are several service providers who enable seamless transfer of this money home by East Africans living in diaspora. Interestingly, we have our own, the first purely Kenyan owned company […]
East Africans in Diaspora are Building Economies Home
People who send money to Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania do so for a number of reasons. These can range from helping with school fees, housing and rent costs, buying food or purchasing necessary supplies. In many situations, however, people from east Africa living abroad are able to use their earnings to start businesses back home […]
3 Things that motivate us to run Eastpesa
Have you ever wanted to send money to someone very far away from home? It’s something that comes with a certain level of stress especially if there are millions of procedures to follow. At times, it can be very costly in terms of transaction fees, and time taken before the recipient gets the money. We […]
How Eastpesa is changing lives.
How Eastpesa is digitizing money transfer in Africa
Mobile phone-based money-transfer service is becoming more sophisticated and will soon be growing quickly across the continent. This rapid growth is an improvement that ultimately meets the needs of a customer. Eastpesa is the latest platform that helps you send and receive money within Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Kenya for long now has been […]