M-Pesa

Business by the Roadside: M-Pesa

M-Pesa, launched in Kenya in 2007, continues to revolutionise the digital economy across the African continent in turn lifting Africans out of absolute poverty by opening up opportunities for SMEs in the rural economy.

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