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Nov 04
2008

e-ag forum - mobile telephony in rural areas

Posted by Nigel Scott in mbankinglivelihoodsICT4Dcommunicationagriculture

FAO have run a number of e-fora on their e-agriculture site.  I think this one is likely to be of widespread interest because it's scope is much broader than agriculture:

"This forum will examine the challenges that rural communities face in enhancing the benefits of mobile telephony, and look at some examples of interesting initiatives and good outcomes from around the globe".

Have a look at:

www.e-agriculture.org

Jul 05
2007

MPesa gets going

Posted by Simon Batchelor in transformationtransfer of moneyremittancesmpaymentsmbanking

I heard yesterday at Chatham House that since its launch 3 months ago, MPesa has 150,000 customers, 430 agents signed up, $6,000,000 in transactions, and 2,500 signing up every day. 


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