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By Standard Reporter
KENYA: In 2007, Kenya launched a groundbreaking new money transfer service mainly targeting unbanked people. The pioneering service by Safaricom, the country’s largest mobile telephone operator, was named Mpesa. “M” stands for mobile while pesa is Kiswahili for money.
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