Mobile Money Reduces Poverty In Kenya By 2% In Recent Years
The study also surveyed households all over the country to see how mobile money affects them. Mobile money is becoming the new norm in developing African countries. Projects such as M-Pesa have seen tremendous success in Kenya, as it allows more females to create a business career for themselves. More importantly, mobile money has aided nearly 200,000 households to escape poverty, which is an impressive number. All of this spells good news for BitPesa, which offers the same prospects, but uses Bitcoin instead. The new study published in Science magazine this week paints an intriguing....
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