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Mobile money still remains largely cash-based

Surprisingly, many mobile money services actually rely on cash one way or another. For some services, like Easypaisa and others in Pakistan, cash-based or over-the-counter transactions – where people don’t cash into an e-wallet to then make a transaction via a phone menu, but instead just hand cash to the agent – have been an explicit business strategy to generate volume and to get customers to transact with agents.

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It’s not only about Kenya

With 93% of the adult population registered for M-Pesa and 60% actively using the service (more than 11.6 million people), M-Pesa continues to impress (and deserves much of the attention it gets). However, developments in other markets prove that mobile money can be successful beyond Kenya’s borders. Our colleagues at MMU have identified nine providers with more than 1 million active customers (as of June 2013). Operators in Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Pakistan and even Somaliland are developing successful mobile money businesses.

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1996 UK Garage

It’s not very uplifting. Over the last few years Schumer has risen to very pinnacle of the comedy world, staking her claim as a smart, feminist comedian whose blend of raw, often uncomfortable humor is liberally mixed with intelligence and smart observatio

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