NAIROBI, Kenya, March 30 – Safaricom has partnered with premier Shari’ah-compliant bank to launch Halal Pesa, the first Shari’ah-compliant mobile financing solution in the country.
The solution will allow customers to access financing through the service and they will receive the amount requested in full with a repayment period of 30 days at a 5 per cent commodity Murabaha margin.
“Kenya is now a highly innovative, interconnected and fast-paced community that requires solutions on the go. All our digital offerings including Halal Pesa, seek to directly address this aspect,” said Abdalla Abdulkhalik, Managing Director Gulf African Bank.
Halal Pesa will empower M-PESA customers who have previously been locked out of access to financing due to barriers such as lack of Shariah modelled mobile facilities.
“We remain keen on partnerships that enable us to provide a wide variety of financial solutions that meet the diversified needs of our customers further broadening financial inclusion to ensure that we leave no one behind,” said Peter Ndegwa, Chief Executive Officer Safaricom.
All M-PESA customers can access Halal Pesa as a Mini App under the “Grow” option on the M-PESA Super App and by dialling *334# under “Loans and Savings”.
Customers will initially be provided with a personalised facility limit based on their M-PESA usage. The limit can be increased based on a customer’s usage of Halal Pesa.
