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Hormuud Telecom launches Somalia's first mobile money app WAAFI

Friday 23 April 2021 | 10:39 CET | News
Somali operator, Hormuud Telecom has announced the roll-out of the country's first indigenous mobile money application, called WAAFI. Consumers can access bank accounts, perform online transactions, send international remittances and make international/domestic phone calls from the app. Hormuud says the app is an upgrade from USSD technology, which has up to 80 percent penetration in urban areas and 55 percent  in rural areas.

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Categories: Mobile & Wireless
Companies: Hormuud Telecom
Countries: Somalia
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