It’s another beautiful, sunny day in Kenya, one I do not have to spend entirely in the office – yay! I’ve just arrived in Rironi, north-west of Nairobi along with chief operations officer Cyrus and loan officer Peter both from KEEF. It’s only a few minutes’ drive off the main road, but I can already [...]
Posts Tagged ‘M-PESA’
Meeting borrowers face to face for the first time
Posted in Borrower Testimonials, tagged Ability to repay, Agriculture, borrower, farming, Group Loan, KEEF, M-PESA on March 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
South-South…
Posted in Tim's posts..., tagged BBC, Down to Business, M-PESA, myc4.co.ke, new wind blowing, South-South, Western Union on October 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This post is a massive tribute to the amazing work that M-PESA is doing every single day!! I just saw a Facebook post from one of the people that I am connected with, that M-PESA’s mobile transactions in Kenya (ONLY!) now has now exceeded transactions in general made by Western Union GLOBALLY!!!! Please read the [...]
Mobile money in Africa – will it ever fly for real??
Posted in Tim's posts..., tagged 80% unbanked, attractive return, banks, compliance, deposits, Innovation, liberate, M-PESA, Mobile money, myc4.co.ke, new models, regulation, security on September 14, 2011 | 4 Comments »
As mentioned in one of my previous posts, I am currently working on a concept paper focusing on building a local Kenyan version of MYC4 – for Kenyan investors and Kenyan businesses only – www.myc4.co.ke In my research for this paper I stumble upon a lot of interesting fora, blogs, articles, videos, books, etc. from [...]
