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Based on case studies launched by the United Nation'sEconomic Commission for Africa in South Africa, Kenya, and Senegal, this informative record explores the banking revolution brought about by mobile phones in Africa. A well-researched and unique account, this study assesses a variety of aspects of m-commerce, including the status of the infrastructures and services, the state of the mobile services market, and the collaboration arrangements between the mobile-operators, financial institutions, and content and applications developers. In addition, this report formulates necessary policies to help move developments forward and argues that Africa is well placed for exploring and exploiting the new opportunities presented by m-commerce.

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Simon Batchelor is the director of Gamos Ltd. He has undertaken more than 20 international consultancy activities in more than 25 countries, including managing a project for transformational mobil-banking payments for the UK Department for International Development. Meoli Kashorda is an independent telecommunications consultant and a professor of information technology at Strathmore University in Kenya. He is a member of the management board of the Kenya Education Network, the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, and the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Fatimata Seye Sylla is the director of the U.S. Digital Freedom Initiative of Senegal and a chairperson of the NGO Bokk Jang. She is the former director general of Solution 3+, the managing director of Media Computer Engineering, and the Secretary General of Compagnie Commerciale d'Informatique du Senegal.

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