Uhuru Kenyatta urges Ethiopia to open up market for M-Pesa

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday evening urged the Ethiopian government to consider opening up opportunities for mobile money services as part of its ongoing telecommunications liberalisation process.

Mr Kenyatta said such a move, which would allow Safaricom to introduce its popular M-Pesa service in the market of more than 110 million people, could boost the country's economy and widen access to financial services.