BitPesa Launch UK [video]

[pollen_bit]

I attended their Beta Launch event in London, where the team set up accounts for a number of the party attendants. Each was given some money to send to anyone in Kenya in order to test the speed and convenience of the service. In each instance, confirmation was received from happy family and friends who received an unexpected top-up to their M-PESA accounts.

A short video recap of the event:
http://www.iamsatoshi.com/bitpesa-launch-uk/

[davida]

Interesting... I had never heard of M-Pesa until today!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-Pesa

EDIT: Transaction charges of up to 66%. wtf

[pollen_bit]

http://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/in-depth-review-bitpesa
edit: great breakdown of cost/providers

[LiteCoinGuy]

good luck down there.

i heard mpesa charges 9 %. we can win some ground there with btc 

[pollen_bit]

MPESA fees can be as high as 60%