Kenya: How Kenya Became a World Leader for Mobile Money

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What if anyone owning a cell-phone, whether rich or poor, also had access to financial services with the ability to save and send money safely, no matter where they are located? This is not science fiction; in fact it is already happening in Kenya, which has become the world's market leader in mobile money.

Today, Kenya has more cell-phone subscriptions than adult citizens and more than 80 percent of those with a cell phone also use "mobile money" (or "M-PESA" which is very different from "mobile banking" as Michael Joseph - the former Safaricom CEO, and the man behind that revolution - can explain passionately!).

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