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FX live, 150 of 153 currencies refreshed 16 Oct 2026 from open.er-api.com (exchangerate-api.com). The remainder use a seeded reference rate.
Airtel Africa · launched 2011
Mobile money across 14 African markets, and the main competitor to M-Pesa and MTN MoMo in East and Central Africa.
Representative of this rail in this market. Directionally useful, but not a quotable rate, confirm with the provider. Source: Effective rate estimated from banded merchant tariffs.
In force since 27 Aug 2023
1.50% effective
−5.6% relative · from 1.59%
−10.7% relative · 3 revisions
Online · percentage component
Rates are step functions: each level holds until it is replaced.
Every recorded change, newest first, with the movement from the rate it replaced.
27 Aug 2023 → current
2 Apr 2021 → 27 Aug 2023
1 Jan 2019 → 2 Apr 2021
Online pricing across every country where this method is available, with the cost on a MWK 100.00 payment for comparison.
| Kenya | 1.5%, capped at KES 324.00 | KES 1.50 | 1.50% | 7 Mar 2024 | Estimate |
| Madagascar | 1.5%, capped at MGA 10,946.00 | MGA 1.50 | 1.50% | 9 Aug 2024 | Estimate |
| Malawi | 1.5%, capped at MWK 4,370.00 | MWK 1.50 | 1.50% | 27 Aug 2023 | Estimate |
| Niger | 1.5%, capped at F CFA 1,429 | F CFA 2 | 1.50% | 5 Jun 2025 | Estimate |
| Nigeria | 1.5%, capped at NGN 3,332.00 | NGN 1.50 | 1.50% | 16 Apr 2023 | Estimate |
| Republic of the Congo | 1.5%, capped at FCFA 1,429 | FCFA 2 | 1.50% | 23 Apr 2024 | Estimate |
| Rwanda | 1.5%, capped at RWF 3,691 | RWF 2 | 1.50% | 1 Feb 2022 | Estimate |
| Seychelles | 1.5%, capped at SCR 35.44 | SCR 1.50 | 1.50% | 20 Feb 2025 | Estimate |
| Tanzania | 1.5%, capped at TZS 6,616.00 | TZS 1.50 | 1.50% | 30 Sept 2024 | Estimate |
| Uganda | 1.5%, capped at UGX 9,579 | UGX 2 | 1.50% | 5 Dec 2024 | Estimate |
| Zambia | 1.5%, capped at ZMW 48.54 | ZMW 1.50 | 1.50% | 4 May 2022 | Estimate |