http://world.time.com/2013/03/02/how-afghanistan-is-on-the-leading-edge-of-a-tech-revolution/ International Headlines, Stories, Photos and Video Sat, 25 May 2013 12:49:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://world.time.com/2013/03/02/how-afghanistan-is-on-the-leading-edge-of-a-tech-revolution/#comment-5448 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 19:26:31 +0000 http://world.time.com/?p=72232#comment-5448 Reblogged this on gabriel catalano and commented:
Fast forward to the present and M-Paisa – a joint venture between Afghanistan’s biggest telecom provider Roshan and British multi-national Vodafone – has more than 1.2 million subscribers, according to the Afghan Mobile Money Operators Association (AMMOA). And it’s growing at double-digit rates on the strength that 40% of Afghans own mobile phones, according to Citi.

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