Gonna try to use #mpesa 😬

Auch die kleine Verkäufsstände am Straßenrand bieten bargeldlose Zahlung über M-PESA (https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-Pesa). Eine Zahlungsart über einfache Handys und ganz ohne Bankkonto. #Kenia #MPesa

#Africa #Kenya #MPesa #Scammers #Scamming: "M-Pesa’s ubiquity has attracted many scammers. In 2021, a FinAccess survey found that nearly half of the Kenyans using mobile money had fallen victim to fraud or accidentally transferred money to the wrong recipients. That figure was 8.4% higher than the previous year. In 2022, a CBK report showed that 6.1% of mobile banking users and 25.9% of mobile money users had lost money through cybercrime.

In February 2023, Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested eight men alleged to be members of a criminal syndicate that had defrauded mobile money users of more than 500 million Kenyan shillings ($3.8 million). Some towns, such as Mulot in Bomet County, have emerged as operating hubs for the M-Pesa SIM-swap fraud syndicates.

In 2022, Abdi Zeila, a Kenyan businessman, filed a class action suit against Safaricom and the country’s communications authority for exposing him to fraud. Zeila had lost 495,651 Kenyan shillings ($3,766) to SIM swap fraudsters. The court also opened the door for him to invite more victims of SIM swap fraud to join the suit."

https://restofworld.org/2023/mpesa-sim-swap-fraud/

Kenya and India have been the global finance / @WorldBank, @IMFNews hubs for autocracy experimentation and successful candidates get exported to rest of 3rd world and ultra successful candidates get universalised.

#Mpesa #Aadhaar #HealthID #HackingJudiciary
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RT @ShivamShankarS
Kenya bana ke maanenge! @iam_anandv. https://twitter.com/apar1984/status/1560947787248058369
https://twitter.com/ShivamShankarS/status/1561022039162425344

https://youtu.be/vsbVvYCuh4g

Republica Accra 2018, a great take on creating technology in Africa

#africa #technology #blockchain (nope) #mpesa #solarpunk