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Analysis & opinionOctober 1 2014

Tanzania's mobile-fuelled banking revolution

The development of mobile financial services in Tanzania is bringing the high number of unbanked residents into the financial system. 
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Tanzania's mobile-fuelled banking revolution

In just four years, mobile financial services have revolutionised the fiscal landscape in Tanzania.

Tanzania identified mobile financial services as being crucial to enhancing access to and usage of financial services among the unbanked population in our national financial inclusion framework, which was launched in 2013. Through the contribution of mobile financial services, the number of financially excluded people in Tanzania has already been more than halved to 27% of adults as of 2013, compared with 55% in 2009, when mobile financial services were introduced to the country. The development of mobile finance has made it possible for millions of Tanzanians to have greater access to financial services, which 55% of adults now use through 12.3 million active mobile accounts in the country (as of July 2014).

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