Mobile money users jump four fold
Monday, May 12, 2014
Orange was the first in launching mobile money services in Botswana
A statement from the Ministry of Transport and Communications noted that the mobile money market has also grown substantially over the years such that, “un-banked persons can now receive and send money at their own convenience”.
Mobile money allows cash to move as fast as a Short Message Service (SMS), with the customer of a particular mobile operator, registering for the service and depositing the money with any approved vendor/agent of that operator.
Smash-and-grab incidents became common at traffic lights, Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) bombings made headlines too often, cash-in-transit robberies terrified security personnel, while home invasions left families traumatised in the very places they were supposed to feel safest. The situation had reached alarming levels and threatened not only the peace of ordinary citizens, but also the country’s reputation as one of the safest and most...