Despite Nigeria's huge population, huge consumer market and the vast number of mobile money operators (MMOs), the uptake of mobile money services has been the lowest in Africa. The introduction of mobile money services into the market after an elaborate licensing and regulatory process by the...

Der Schweizer Finanzplatz zählt zu den Pionieren in Sustainable Finance und ist auf dem Weg, ein international führender Hub für Sustainable Finance zu werden. Der Begriff Sustainable Finance bezeichnet Finanzdienstleistungen, welche die ESG-Kriterien (Environment, Social und Governance) zum...

This article reviews the recent literature in economics on small-scale entrepreneurship ("microentrepreneurship") in low-income countries. Major themes in the literature include the determinants and consequences of joining the formal sector; the impacts of access to credit and other financial...

Who uses mobile money? What is mobile money used for? This paper describes the mobile money adoption patterns following the experimental introduction of mobile money for the first time in rural areas of Southern Mozambique. We use a combination of administrative and household survey data to...