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Mobile money starting to thrive in Ethiopia

Maria Gerth-Niculescu
August 26, 2020

Although bureaucracy and consumer behavior have long been obstacles to the use of mobile money in Ethiopia, new regulations and the global COVID-19 pandemic are starting to change how Ethipians pay their bills.

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