President william ruto has revealed that his government is in talks with facebook’s parent company, meta, to make it easier and faster for Kenyan digital content creators to get paid through m-pesa.
Speaking at the 97th kenya music festival state concert held at the sagana state lodge in Nyeri, President Ruto said the idea is to allow Kenyan creatives to directly receive their earnings on the popular mobile money platform.
Speaking at the 97th kenya music festival state concert held at the sagana state lodge in Nyeri, President Ruto said the idea is to allow Kenyan creatives to directly receive their earnings on the popular mobile money platform.
"We want m-pesa to be integrated on facebook so that creators in kenya can get their money more easily and quickly,” he said.
The announcement came as part of a wider plan to support the growing creative and digital economy in kenya, especially among young people who are increasingly turning to platforms like facebook, instagram, tiktok and youtube to earn a living.
***
Credit: Capital News
The announcement came as part of a wider plan to support the growing creative and digital economy in kenya, especially among young people who are increasingly turning to platforms like facebook, instagram, tiktok and youtube to earn a living.
***
Credit: Capital News
