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Kenya's failed cashless payment system for public transport

Kenya's cashless experiment for public transport was doomed by a failure in User Experience design. From the onset, this programme was designed to solve a problem that did not really exist.

The curious tale of M-PESA's origins

M-PESA, as a mobile money transfer platform. is the product of years of collaborative research and innovation-driven by teams in Kenya, the UK, according to Safaricom. However, Nyagaka Anyona Ouko says the idea was stolen from him by Vodafone.