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Africa: 'Mobile Money' Cuts Poverty Among Women
The Conversation Africa, 4 January 2017
A recently published study on the long-run effects of mobile money on economic outcomes in Kenya provides some valuable insights that will benefit economic development and… Read more »
'Mobile Money' Reduces Poverty Among Kenyan Women
A study published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science has found that the rapid expansion of mobile money has lifted an estimated 2% of households out of extreme poverty and has also enabled thousands of women to move out of subsistence farming.
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Kenya: Widows Use Mobile Money to Escape Poverty
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 8 December 2016
Impact most dramatic among those who used M-Pesa, a text message-based mobile payment system Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya to Probe Telcos Over High Cost of Mobile Money Transactions
East African, 30 November 2016
Kenya's National Treasury has launched investigations into telecommunications companies it accuses of imposing excessively high rates on mobile money payments. Read more »
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Uganda: Mobile Money Customers to Send Money to Kenya and Rwanda
Monitor, 30 November 2016
MTN Uganda has launched the outbound mobile money transfer services that would enable clients send money to Rwanda and Kenya. Read more »
