In Kenya, Phones Replace Bank Tellers
Building on the widespread use of mobile phones in Kenya, Angaza has developed applications to provide people with financial services.
From Lyndsey Gilpin / Southerly: In the 1980s, throughout African and Asian countries, a tropical disease known as guinea worm was being transmitted through contaminated stagnant water. Thanks to a combination of endeavors that included “education and intervention programs, funding for clean water access, and government-supported public health campaigns,” the near eradication of this epidemic is now being used as a model for how to combat other diseases in various parts of the world.
Building on the widespread use of mobile phones in Kenya, Angaza has developed applications to provide people with financial services.
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