Monday, November 23, 2015

Following Mobile Money in Somaliland

The Rift Valley Institute published in November 2015 a study titled "Following Mobile Money in Somaliland" by Gianluca Iazzolino, PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh.  The author maps the landscape of the mobile money transfer system in Somaliland.  He identifies the importance of trust at its foundation and the role that banking, financial institutions, and technology have played in the making of Somaliland.