An exploration of mobile money practices in Zimbabwe.

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The 105-page report, includes 10 charts, over a 100 photos & an executive summary.

SUMMARY 

What impact does mobile money have on the behaviours of a population that has minimal access to formal banking infrastructure, and is coping with hyperinflation and its after effects?

The following report, commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, puts the adoption of mobile money into a social, economic and cultural perspective. Reading this report you’ll better understand:

• The rate of adoption
• The disparity between formal growth rate and what is happening on the ground
• What it will take to have broad impact on financial inclusion
• The challenges ahead