The new partnership involving Jamaican-owned JN Money Services and fintech company, WapiPay, headquartered in Kenya, is being positioned as more than a commercial arrangement, with officials pointing to its potential to strengthen links between Jamaica and Africa. The partnership comes at a significant point, especially in Kenya-Jamaica relations, following the opening of Kenya’s first resident High Commission in Kingston in July. Kenya’s Foreign Ministry has described the new mission as a platform for expanding political dialogue, economic cooperation, trade, investment and people-to-people relations between the two countries. It has also identified Jamaica as an important gateway to the wider Caribbean Community (CARICOM) market. Against that backdrop, Mwenda Karisa, Kenya’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, said the partnership fits into the mission’s broader bilateral strategy of creating practical opportunities for cooperation between Kenya and Jamaica. “It is the kind of partnership that we envision when we started the mission here; partnerships not just in fintech but in many other areas of collaboration that will strengthen the bilateral relations between Jamaica and Kenya and we’re looking forward to being part of this interesting journey,” she affirmed. Ambassador Karisa was delivering remarks at a joint press event to launch the JN Money and WapiPay partnership at the JN...
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