E-commerce on a steady rise in Kenya

The service has been certified by Visa International and uses Iveri which is a leading South African online payment processing service provider.

The advantage of their service is that a merchant can sell worldwide on their system and payments are received locally in Kenya. Previously, merchants had to set-up e-commerce services internationally which would subject them to high service costs and remittances to Kenya.

Also offering credit card based e-commerce services is JamboPay which has an embedded micro payment system.

Both buyers and merchants are required to register for the service online.

Another credit card based e-commerce service provider in Kenya is SleekPay.

It works in a similar manner to JamboPay, using credit cards online whilst requiring buyers and merchants to register for the service.

Moses Kemibaro is the managing director, of Dotsavvy Limited.