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Chinese technology helps Kenya improve mobile payment service

Source: kbc.co.ke kbc.co.ke
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Chinese technology has helped M-Pesa, an electronic mobile payment platform, to maintain smooth operations in Kenya. Launched in 2007, M-Pesa has gained popularity because of a special function that allows users to transfer money and make payments using a phone service even when they do not have a smartphone or their phone cannot connect to the internet. “I think M-Pesa has revolutionized payment in Kenya. It’s very easy for me to make payments,” Miller, a hotel manager, told China Media Group (CMG). “I can pull money from bank and put it in my M-Pesa account and use it when I…

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