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.
However sending money from abroad has been slow to embrace these developments. Most existing remittance providers still use the traditional agent based model where the send has to visit a physical sending office and the recipient has visit a bank-usually a distant branch, to collect the cash. The costs and time involved are obviously unfriendly. That is where Eastpesa and other online based providers come in.
Eastpesa uses modern and secure technology to enable users from anywhere in the world send money directly to any mobile number in East Africa. Wow! It is purely online based meaning you can send money from comfort of your bed by simply filling in a few details. You actually need a few personal details, card details and recipients number.
The service is as instant an SMS. “You can actually ask your mother to be cooking Ugali as you send her the money for vegetables”, says Charles Imo, the head of youth and emerging markets while describing the service. That is what eastpesa is truly about. In 10 long seconds, your loved one at home have cash in their mobile phone and can withdraw it at the nearest mobile money agent, just like a local transaction. No long lines at bank, no traveling miles to collect cash, no waiting!
The Promise
We don’t work alone in delivering our promise. So we have chosen a few guys, who love East Africa as we do to ensure we touch every person in every corner of our region. Our mobile money partners in the region are Airtel Money(Kenya, Tanzania), TigoPesa(Tanzania), MTN(Uganda), MPesa(Kenya, Uganda). We also work work with major banks in the region to ensure a friendly experience for our users every time they use our service. Kenya Commercial Bank, Equity Bank and Barclays Bank are some of the entities we have partnered with to offer you a better service.
East Africa is growing fast and mobile technology is the pillar of this development. Every household has access to mobile phone with thousands online services that are making their life easier. On health, education, social and business. We chose to offer you one- a friendly, fast and more affordable means to send money to your family and friends.
Its easy and fast to register Just visit www.eastpesa.com. Be sure to have a very friendly experience. See u there.
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