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High value airtime vouchers hard to sell in Kenya

NAIROBI, KENYA: Shopkeeper Antony Musau does not remember the last time he sold a Sh250 airtime voucher in his shop in eastern Nairobi.

“I am not certain, but I think it is early last year. That was the last time I stocked the card because people do not buy it,” recounted Musau.

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