Safaricom launches M-Pesa in Ethiopia amid civil unrest

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A woman withdraws money from an Mpesa shop. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NMG

Safaricom has braved ethnic tensions in Ethiopia to launch M-Pesa operations in the Horn of Africa country three months after receiving a mobile money licence.

Safaricom Ethiopia’s Mobile Financial Services, the company that will be running M-Pesa, was unveiled on Wednesday as it seeks to replicate the success that has been seen in Kenya.