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Kenya's phone banking gets global praise

Speaking in Marrakech, Morocco, during the on-going UN climate change conference, John Roome, World Bank’s Senior Director of Climate Change said Kenya’s success in mobile banking can be emulated worldwide.PHOTO: COURTESY

The World Bank has praised Kenya for using mobile banking to fight hunger and poverty.

Speaking in Marrakech, Morocco, during the on-going UN climate change conference, John Roome, World Bank’s Senior Director of Climate Change said Kenya’s success in mobile banking can be emulated worldwide.

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