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Africa | April 26, 2017
Low-cost mobile money increases access to financial services in Tanzania
Mobile money platform M-Pesa has been credited with helping lift two percent of Kenyans out of poverty. But mobile money’s impact in neighboring …
Africa | April 5, 2017
Kenya taps mobile-money platforms to issue infrastructure bond
The Kenyan government has issued the first mobile phone-based bond to users of mobile-money platforms M-Pesa and Airtel to develop a new funding …
Financial Inclusion | March 8, 2017
Thank mobile money if the world meets the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
Touted as a path to financial inclusion, mobile money directly touches at least 11 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, says GSMA, a …
Africa | February 22, 2017
M-Pesa has a new competitor, and a 10-year head start
The Kenya Bankers Association is trying to catch up to M-Pesa’s runaway success with its own mobile money service, PesaLink. The consortium of …