Interview with Greta Bull from the World Bank

Here’s a brief interview on mobile finance in East Africa by Greta Bull, from Mastercard. It’s a good synopsis of Tanzania, the market that I’ve spent most of my time in, and the characteristics there that led to interoperability. Interoperability has allowed the different MNOs to send money to each other. Before, it was as if you couldn’t transfer from your bank to another bank if they weren’t the same company. Surprisingly, that’s still the standard across most of Africa. With the help of the World Bank and other companies, I think other countries will come on board. They are on the wrong side mobile finance history.

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