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Mobile Money Usage Patterns of Kenyan Small and Medium Enterprises

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  • Dylan Higgins

    (Dylan Higgins is the CEO and Cofounder of Kopo Kopo, a merchant aggregator for mobile money systems.)

  • Jake Kendall

    (Jake Kendall is the Program Officer managing the research strategy in the Financial Services for the Poor initiative at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.)

  • Ben Lyon

    (Ben Lyon is the Head of Product and Cofounder of Kopo Kopo.)

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  • Dylan Higgins & Jake Kendall & Ben Lyon, 2012. "Mobile Money Usage Patterns of Kenyan Small and Medium Enterprises," Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, MIT Press, vol. 7(2), pages 67-81, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:inntgg:v:7:y:2012:i:2:p:67-81
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    1. Mbithi George Mutiso & James Mwikya, 2021. "Mobile Financial Services and Mobile Commerce on Performance of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya: A Case Study of Kitengela, Kajiado County," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 5(09), pages 834-843, September.
    2. Abd Elrahman Elzahi Saaid Ali, 2016. "Beyond Traditional Microfinance: Financial Inclusion for Unbanked Kenyans," International Journal of Social Science Studies, Redfame publishing, vol. 4(8), pages 74-85, August.
    3. Joël Cariolle & David A Carroll, 2020. "Digital Technologies for Small and Medium Enterprises and job creation in Sub-Saharan Africa," Working Papers hal-03004583, HAL.
    4. Robertson Khan Tengeh & Frank Sylvio Gahapa Talom, 2020. "Mobile Money as a Sustainable Alternative for SMEs in Less Developed Financial Markets," JOItmC, MDPI, vol. 6(4), pages 1-21, November.
    5. Jean-Philippe Berrou & François Combarnous & Thomas Eekhout, 2017. "Les TIC : une réponse au défi du développement des micro et petites entreprises informelles en Afrique sub-saharienne ?," Working Papers hal-02148324, HAL.
    6. Asif Islam & Silvia Muzi & Jorge Luis Rodriguez Meza, 2018. "Does mobile money use increase firms’ investment? Evidence from Enterprise Surveys in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 51(3), pages 687-708, October.
    7. Wenxiu (Vince) Nan & Minseok Park, 2022. "Improving the resilience of SMEs in times of crisis: The impact of mobile money amid Covid‐19 in Zambia," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 34(4), pages 697-714, May.
    8. Frank Sylvio Gahapa Talom & Robertson Khan Tengeh, 2019. "The Impact of Mobile Money on the Financial Performance of the SMEs in Douala, Cameroon," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-17, December.
    9. Lual Daniel Kur & Niu Xiongying, 2020. "Impact of Mobile Money Transfer on the Performance of Micro and Macro Enterprises in South Sudan," International Journal of Science and Business, IJSAB International, vol. 4(11), pages 14-32.
    10. Silas Alumasa & Stephen Muathe, 2021. "Mobile Credit and Performance: Experience and Lessons from Micro and Small Enterprises in Kenya," Journal of Applied Finance & Banking, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 11(4), pages 1-6.

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    Keywords

    mobile money; small and medium enterprises; Kenya; M-PESA;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • N27 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Africa; Oceania
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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