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Banking the Unbanked: How Mobile Phones Are Rewriting Ethiopia’s Financial Story
According to Capital Ethiopia, For decades, banking in Ethiopia meant distance between a farmer and the nearest branch or between a trader and a loan officer. Today, that gap is closing not with new buildings, but with keystrokes on a mobile phone.
ATN · TECHNOLOGYBanking the Unbanked: How Mobile Phones Are Rewriting Ethiopia’s Financial StoryEditorial graphic · Africa Technology Network
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For decades, banking in Ethiopia meant distance between a farmer and the nearest branch or between a trader and a loan officer. Today, that gap is closing not with new buildings, but with keystrokes on a mobile phone.
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