With peer to peer digital currencies like BitCoin, it seems our ideas about what money is and isn’t, are in flux. Take the cell phone for example. There are countries where mobile phones are the most common medium of communication and information. And now they’re being used to distribute currency. Spark contributor Kaj Hasselriis brings us this story about the popularity of mobile money in Kenya.
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