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Safaricom M-Pesa receives Ethiopian mobile money license, ending state monopoly

DIGIT — Thu, 11 May 2023 21:15:00 +0000

The Kenya-based company already has 3 million mobile phone users in Ethiopia and plans to make it the 10th country where the payment service will be available.

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Report: IMF Warns Kenyan Central Bank Against Introducing a CBDC That Harms Fintechs and Banks

DIGIT — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:30:45 +0000

The global lending institution, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told the Kenyan central bank that its proposed digital shilling must “do no harm” to existing private sector digital money. The lender insisted the proposed central bank digital currency (CBDC) must “not stifle such welcome digitalisation developments by taking away customers of banks and other […]

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb vs David Birch on The Bitcoin Standard

DIGIT — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 19:30:42 +0000

The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking, by bitcoin maximalist Saifedean Ammous, is set for a spring release, having managed to make news ahead by snagging philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb to write its foreword. Mr. Taleb is his usual profound self, offering a full-throated defense of its essential idea, in contrast to many […]

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