VIDEO: Mobile money revolution hits Ethiopia
Amid the rapid growth of mobile money services, Ethiopia’s M-Birr wants to achieve the same sort of ubiquity as Kenya’s M-Pesa, bringing financial services to […]
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Ethiopia: Racing to become a leader in digitally-enabled financial inclusion
Ethiopia challenges many of our assumptions as it creates its own digital finance ecosystem, say Microfinance Gateway contributors By Shelley Spencer, Mandana Nakhai & Faith Bartz […]
Mobile money: Where Ethiopia leads Europe
Apart from a few countries where mobile banking (or mobile money) has taken hold, the continent still relies heavily on cash payments. M-Birr aims to […]
DEG invests in mobile money technology provider, M-BIRR, in Ethiopia
DEG, a subsidiary of Cologne-based KfW, finances direct investments in developing and emerging market countries in order to make a sustainable contribution to advancing their […]