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The two paths that mobile money deployments tread

Published: May 21st, 2012 | By Neil Davidson

One of the objectives of the 2011 Global mobile money Adoption Survey, which we announced earlier last week, was to compare the performance of different mobile money services with each other. In

Region: Global
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MMU moves into an exciting new phase …

Published: May 15th, 2012 | By Seema Desai

Last week, we announced that GSMA has secured new funding (9.8m USD, over three years) from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The MasterCard Foundation and Omidyar Network, for MMU to continue

Region: Global
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Announcing the results of the 2011 Global Mobile Money Adoption Survey

Published: May 9th, 2012 | By Neil Davidson

Today the mobile money for the unbanked programme is releasing the results of the 2011 Global Mobile Money Adoption Survey. The survey is, we believe, the most comprehensive attempt to measure the

Region: Global
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Money, Real Quick: The Story of M-PESA

Published: May 2nd, 2012 | By Paul Leishman

Five years after its launch, the word “M-PESA” is routinely used as a verb in Kenya, so it’s only fitting that the service is now the subject of a book. ‘Money, Real

Region: Africa
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Mobile Money: The View from the C-Suite

Published: April 26th, 2012 | By Claire Penicaud

mobile money line managers cannot bring about success on their own; they need support from senior manage­ment. But, where does mobile money sit among the competing priorities of MNO executives? Watch the

Region: Global
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Interview with Orange Money – Part 2

Published: April 16th, 2012 | By Claire Penicaud

First launched in Côte d’Ivoire in December 2008, Orange Money is also available in Senegal, Madagascar, Mali, Niger and Kenya, as well as in Botswana and Cameroon. It will soon be launched

Region: Africa
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Beyond marketing: building trust and the value proposition for mobile money through consumer education

Published: April 10th, 2012 | By Julie Lee

Robert is a mobile money agent in Ghana. He tries to teach his customers how to use their cell phones to perform seemingly straight forward transactions: check account balances, deposit money and

Region: Africa