Somalia abandons shillings for mobile money transfers

AFP English
AFP English
  • 8 years ago
With bank notes worth only 4 US cents each, Somalis have turned to mobile money to do their shopping, pay their bills and even receive their wages. It puts the East African country at the forefront of a financial revolution -- where the least developed countries in the world are leading the way.

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