m-pesa is an Android app developed by Vodafone M-Pesa Limited (India) (Mumbai, India).

m-pesa first became available on 20 Mar 2015. It is estimated that m-pesa has been downloaded between 5000000 and 10000000 times from the Play Store.

m-pesa 1.2.4 requires the following permissions:

Allows an app to access approximate location. Alternatively, you might want ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION.

Allows an app to access precise location. Alternatively, you might want ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION.

Allows an application to access extra location provider commands.

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.

Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.

Allows an application to install a shortcut in Launcher.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Allows an application to read SMS messages.

Allows an application to monitor incoming MMS messages.

Allows an application to receive SMS messages.

Allows an application to receive WAP push messages.

Allows an application to send SMS messages.

This permission is no longer supported.

Allows access to the vibrator.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to write the user's contacts data.

Allows an application to write to external storage.