--- title: MTN enlists Alipay owner to turn MoMo into a super app description: MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International (part of Ant Group, owner of Alipay) to rebuild its MoMo mobile money service into a super app, starting... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mtn-enlists-alipay-owner-to-turn-momo-into-a-super-app-dcp6czid3 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: MTN enlists Alipay owner to turn MoMo into a super app | daily.dev og:description: MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International (part of Ant Group, owner of Alipay) to rebuild its MoMo mobile money service into a super app, starting... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mtn-enlists-alipay-owner-to-turn-momo-into-a-super-app-dcp6czid3 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dcp6CZiD3.png og:image:alt: MTN enlists Alipay owner to turn MoMo into a super app og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # MTN enlists Alipay owner to turn MoMo into a super app **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International (part of Ant Group, owner of Alipay) to rebuild its MoMo mobile money service into a super app, starting with a Nigeria launch next quarter. The deal adds a mini-app platform, fraud controls, and merchant engagement features to MoMo, which has over 67 million active users across 14 African markets. MTN is not the first South African operator to pursue this path — Vodacom signed a similar deal with Ant in 2020, launching VodaPay in 2021. The super-app model has proven difficult to export from China, with WeChat withdrawing from Africa in 2017 and VodaPay gaining limited traction. The partnership is seen as strengthening MTN's fintech unit ahead of a potential standalone listing, with more details expected at MTN's capital markets day. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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