• Mobile money helps Africa's poor access financial services
• Continent accounts for 70% of transactions by value
• Taxes seen pushing marginalised out of digital economy
By Kent Mensah and Nita Bhalla
ACCRA/NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ghanaian grocery store owner Comfort.
Cash-strapped African nations are rolling out an e-levy on mobile money transactions to boost revenues, but the policy could hurt the poorest as the cost of living .
Cash-strapped African nations are rolling out an e-levy on mobile money transactions to boost revenues, but the policy could hurt the poorest as the cost of living .