Most Afghans do not realize they can now shop online, pay their utility bills, send and receive funds, collect their salaries or even buy overseas goods and have them shipped home - all through their mobile handsets, using a revolutionary technology: mobile money.
Worldwide, the mobile money industry processes over $1.3 billion a day. A 2018 GSMA state-of-the-industry report counted 272 live mobile money services across 90 countries. The report stated that mobile money is playing an increasingly vital role in financial inclusion for three-quarters of low-to middle-income countries, a big step in a world where 1.7 billion people still lack access to safe, reliable, and convenient individual financial services.
In Afghanistan, several mobile money providers are operational, with Roshan being the first when it launched M-Paisa in 2008. Roshan has been an innovator in bringing mobile money to Afghanistan and leveraging the technology to improve lives and drive the adoption of the technology in an increasingly tech-savvy country. 75% of Afghans are under 35 years of age, forming a diverse, prominent generation that is heavily influenced by technology in...
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Worldwide, the mobile money industry processes over $1.3 billion a day. A 2018 GSMA state-of-the-industry report counted 272 live mobile money services across 90 countries. The report stated that mobile money is playing an increasingly vital role in financial inclusion for three-quarters of low-to middle-income countries, a big step in a world where 1.7 billion people still lack access to safe, reliable, and convenient individual financial services.
In Afghanistan, several mobile money providers are operational, with Roshan being the first when it launched M-Paisa in 2008. Roshan has been an innovator in bringing mobile money to Afghanistan and leveraging the technology to improve lives and drive the adoption of the technology in an increasingly tech-savvy country. 75% of Afghans are under 35 years of age, forming a diverse, prominent generation that is heavily influenced by technology in...
>>>READ MORE @ https://businessdna.af/2019/11/02/beyond-the-internet-payment-paradigm/