India, Nov. 11 -- Airtel Money, the mobile money arm of Airtel Africa, has launched a next-generation, cloud-native mobile money platform powered by Comviva's mobiquity Pay across its African markets.

The deployment marks the start of a continent-wide digital transformation initiative aimed at enhancing the delivery of financial services to Airtel Money's 49.8 million customers. The rollout will begin in Kenya and is scheduled to expand to other Airtel Africa markets over the coming year.

The new platform is designed to improve operational efficiency and scalability, enabling a wider range of fintech services. It includes over 50 advanced features and more than 120 open APIs, allowing for faster partner integration, shorter innovation c...