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"M-Pesa" pay with your mobile phone in Kenya

WBCSD - 31-08-2007

Financial transactions and mobile technology in emerging economies
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M-PESA is a new Safaricom service enabling money transfer using a mobile phone. Kenya is the first country in the world to use this service, which is offered in partnership between Safaricom and Vodafone

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"M-Pesa" pay with your mobile phone in Kenya