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How Kenya's M-Pesa Transformed Mobile Money Productivity
In this episode of The Productivity Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how Kenya's M-Pesa system revolutionized financial productivity by enabling mobile money transfers without traditional banking infrastructure. Launched in 2007 by Safaricom, M-Pesa now processes over $300 billion in transactions annually, reducing the cost of sending money by 90 percent and bringing financial services to millions of unbanked Kenyans. The hosts discuss how this simple SMS-based system boosted small business efficiency, cut transaction times from days to seconds, and sparked a wave of digital innovation…
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