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		utunga on March 26, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apply with me to YC in the next 3 days and change ... you may not have heard of m-pesa - which arose out of people being able to transfer mobile minutes and then became a fully fledge mobile currency in it's own right.. as xtrumanx says (below) m-pesa is huge. you might also note that this has already happened ;-)

itmag on March 26, 2012 [–]

That is very interesting. Is there some way I can start developing apps for the M-Pesa ecosystem? Mind pointing me in the right direction? :)

utunga on March 29, 2012 | [–]

sure is (interesting). unfortunately I don't know enough about it beyond just suggesting you google m-pesa and go from there.. ;_)

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