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Kenyans ‘fuliza’ Sh1.2b a day, Mshwari shunned

The Fuliza overdraft service transacts more than Sh1.2 billion daily. [File, Standard]

Safaricom’s mobile overdraft service Fuliza now rakes in more revenue for the telco than its mobile lending service M-Shwari, less than three years after Fuliza’s launch.

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