Tanzania is one of the most vibrant mobile money markets in sub-Saharan Africa, with 45 percent of adult Tanzanians in possession of a mobile money account, compared with the region’s average of 33 percent...
This brief presents World Bank Group’s (WBG’s) public financial data on mobile devices through web app which can be accessed via a mobile web browser and installed on iOS or Android devices.
Card enabled payment service providers (PSPs) exist in Uzbekistan such as CLICK and UPAY. Very few banks have mobile banking application for retail customers. However, some PSPs have web portals and mobile...
After the manipulated elections of 2010 that saw the victory of the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), the junta dissolved in 2011 and Thein Sein was elected as president. The...
A number of factors affect the successful development and deployment of a mobile money business. The entire external environment affects the mobile financial service providers (MFSP) ability to build a...
Agent networks for mobile money are a new form of financial distribution, but the dynamics behind the build out and support of distribution channels are not new. Nor does the process begin with the agents...
Nearly 2.7 billion people globally are still offline and not using the internet. The majority (94 percent) of unconnected individuals live in low- and middle-income countries, where the cost of internet-enabled...
Across Africa, rising mobile phone penetration, improving broadband Internet, and growing use of mobile money are creating new opportunities for governments, businesses, and individuals. While Africa’s...
Digital technologies (DTs) are becoming an important mechanism for unleashing inclusive development, particularly across Africa. The rollout of mobile broadband internet (3G) coverage has expanded substantially...
Nigeria’s Kaduna State has created a GovTech-enabled citizen engagement program designed to make government investment more responsive to citizens. This program provides a homegrown mobile phone app, and...
Mobile engage program will develop text messaging systems for mass public outreach in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Three main applications discussed are: messages encouraging safety measures to more than...
Increasing access to the internet is one of the great challenges of our time and has grown in importance since the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Around half the world’s...
This report focuses on mobile money scope in Rwanda as of 2016.
As mobile penetration reaches 90% of people, and Internet usage increases across the country, the Government of Moldova has committed to using these communication channels for better governance and citizen...