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    M-Pesa takes East Africa by storm

    M-Pesa, the mobile-phone wallet has provided new financial options to places where banks and credit cards are scarce and cash has long been king...
    26 Jan 2015
    26 Jan 2015
    (Attribution: , via Wikimedia Commons)
    (Attribution: HLundgaard, via Wikimedia Commons)

    • MIT Technology Review: Can Mobile Money Conquer New Markets?

      After great success in East Africa, mobile-phone wallet M-Pesa hit some bumps in South Africa... Miriam Mannak, writing in MIT Technology Review says that since its launch in 2007 by mobile-phone giant Vodafone and local partners, M-Pesa has taken East Africa by storm.

      Today, writes Mannak, "more than 18 million users, most in Kenya and Tanzania, use the mobile-phone wallet to transfer billions of dollars a month. The technology has brought new financial options to places where banks and credit cards are scarce and cash has long been king..."
    Read more: Tanzania, mobile banking, M-PESA
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