India M-Pesa Users Shop, Pay for Taxi Rides and Train Tickets

Posted April 25, 2016

In India, M-Pesa enables Indian customers to pay for goods on Ebay, for taxis with TabCab and to book train tickets on India’s national railways. Enterprises including Walmart are using M-Pesa in India to improve cash management and business efficiency, Vodafone says.

Vodafone’s M-Pesa mobile money business has exceeded 25 million active users across Africa, Asia and Europe, Vodafone says.

Across markets in Africa, Asia and Europe, active customers of M-Pesa increased by 27.1 percent in the year ended 31 March 2016, boosted by market launches in Albania and Ghana and supported by a network of more than 261,000 agents in 11 M-Pesa countries.

Gary Kim

Gary Kim is a communications industry analyst of 30 years, ranked second globally among power influencers in mobile and among the top 10 telecom thought leaders. He currently works as a telecom/Internet conference content developer and speaker. He recently founded the Spectrum Futures conference for the Pacific Telecommunications Council, and acts as a conference advisor for PTC. He is a member of Mensa, the international organization for people with IQs in the top 2 percent.