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Solar-powered phones recharge Kenya's conversations

An inexpensive solar cell phone made of recycled materials opens new opportunities for people in rural Kenya.
Five myths about Africa

Matt Damon, listen up: After five years of covering Africa, our departing correspondent tells how his perceptions have changed about a complex continent, including why some Africans resent celebrity visits.
Africa Monitor
West Africa Rising: Mobile-phone banking making slow but steady inroads

Service providers are looking to introduce banking by phone, which revolutionized Kenya, to western Africa. But the lack of a dominant, single provider poses new challenges.
Villages leapfrog the grid with biometrics and mobile money

In low-tech villages, biometrics and mobile money can level market spikes and allow a way for people to bypass the grid and still eat.
Can mobile banking take off in Afghanistan?

A new mobile banking service tries to navigate the geography and politics of Afghanistan.
Africa Monitor
Kenyan study on internet use reveals a need for more business presence online

A study on internet use in Kenya and elsewhere on the continent reveals growing technological savviness and the need for businesses to focus more on marketing themselves online.
Global News Blog
Kenya: Taking money out of banks' hands – with cellphones

Since cellphones became widely used in Kenya five years ago, they've become the bank card du jour.
Cellphone banking takes Kenya by storm

Less than two years after introducing mobile banking, M-Pesa has registered one-sixth of the population as customers and moves more than $4 million each day.
UN aid debate: Give cash, not food?

The United Nations World Food Program meets Tuesday in Rome to discuss the global food crisis.