Yusuf Maleli, VoicesofAfrica mobile alumnus in Kibwezi, Kenya
For a few years now, Kenyans have been using their mobile phone to conduct their financial transactions. This time, the practice has become so common even in rural areas, where peasants previously had no access to banks.
The most used in Kibwezi is Zain-powered Zap and Safaricom-powered M-pess. ‘Nowadays I transact using Zap centres where I can buy and sell goods using my phone. I don't need to go to banks to deposit or withdraw money. I use my phone to pay bills’, says Cicilia Makau in Mtito andei town.
