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Airtel Money's revenue rose 34.0% to US$830 million and its profit after tax 21.6% to US$228 million in the six months to 30 September, and the board declared an interim dividend of 6.4 US cents a share, the London-listed mobile-money company said on 26 October 2026 in its first results since listing.
OPay plans to sell 16 million American depositary shares in New York at US$19–21 each, raising up to US$336 million, according to an amended filing it made with the US SEC on 23 October 2026.
Eva Ngigi-Sarwari, who ran Equity Group's payments arm Finserve Africa and was Visa's country manager for Kenya until 2024, has died at 45 on a business trip to China, her colleagues said in a statement on 20 October 2026.
MNT-Halan, an Egyptian lending and payments company, began trading on the Egyptian Exchange on 20 October and closed its first day at about EGP 26.12 a share, about 6.6% above the EGP 24.50 offer price, Reuters reported.
On 26 March 2026, M-KOPA bought the Finnish software company KilpiTek Oy for US$8 million, tech-ish reported on 7 October, citing the group's 2025 accounts filed at Companies House.
On 1 October 2026, Safaricom partnered with payments firm Pesapal so M-Pesa customers can tap an NFC phone or scan a dynamic QR code on Pesapal card machines in Kenyan shops.
