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  • The Invisible Bank: How Kenya Has Beaten the World in Mobile Money

    07/07/2012 11:20:03 PM PDT · by thecodont · 14 replies
    National Geographic ^ | July 4, 2012 | Posted by Ken Banks of National Geographic Emerging Explorer
    Click a few keys, exchange a few numbers, and it’s done. With just a mobile phone and a registration with Safaricom, Kenya’s mobile service giant, you can pay for anything in seconds – no cash, no long journeys to towns to reach a bank, and no long lines when you get there. This is m-Pesa, the revolutionary approach to banking which is changing economies across Africa. The service allows customers and businesses to pay for anything without needing cash, a bank account, or even a permanent address. In today’s Digital Diversity, in honour of its recent fifth birthday, we present...