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Impacts of ICT on livelihoods: Experiences from a Kenyan rural youth
Posted: February 9, 2011 in General, ICTBy Chris Mwangi from Kenya: East African Regional Winner of the CTA ARDYIS Essay contest
Currently, Kenya has four active mobile operators. The technology is the prime mode of communication in the country. Since its introduction, the industry has picked up quickly and remarkably, covering most of the geographical areas of the country and has contributed greatly to local peoples’ livelihoods.
Safaricom is the largest mobile phone operator, and among its range of services is the mobile phone money transfer system called “M-Pesa” which literally means “Mobile Money”. It allows M-Pesa users to store money within their mobile phones in an e-account and deposit or withdraw the money in hard currency at any one of its numerous M-Pesa agents located throughout the country. As of January, 2010 Safaricom had over 9 million people registered with M-Pesa (Plyler and Haas, 2010). According to these authors the mobile phone person-to-person monthly transfer money was over Kshs. 26 billion by December 2009. The number of agents has increased over time both in the urban and rural areas creating job opportunities, especially for the youth. Read the rest of this entry »
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