South Sudan Mobile Money a Game Changer

In a country without a well-developed financial infrastructure - where mobile phone airtime has often been used as some form of currency - the launch of mobile money services by Zain has come as a huge blessing for millions of citizens writes Julius Barigaba for The East African.

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