The Commercial Bank of Africa plans to launch its mobile banking service M-Shwari in Ivory Coast in quarter three of next year, becoming the first Kenyan lender to venture into West Africa.
The lender says its expansion into Ivory Coast will be in partnership with MTN, the South African telecom with whom it already collaborates with in Uganda and is planning to launch the service with in Rwanda by April. (source Daily NationĀ http://www.nation.co.ke/business/CBA-to-launch-M-Shwari-loan-service/996-3468334-7tq5usz/index.html)