Mobile Money: How Cell Phone Payments Will Transform the Zambian Agricultural Value Chain (Presentation)

  • Date Posted: June 2, 2010
  • Authors: Agnes Dasewicz, Sam Reid
  • Organizations/Projects: Grassroots Business Fund
  • Document Types: Primer or Brief, Tool, Other
  • Donor Type: U.S. Agency for International Development

Agnes Dasewicz and Sam Reid of Grassroots Business Fund (GBF) presented "Mobile Money: How Cell Phone Payments Could Transform the Zambian Agricultural Value Chain." The seminar was the 43rd installment of the Linking Small Firms to Competitiveness Strategies Breakfast Seminar Series sponsored by the USAID Microenterprise Development office. The presenters gave an overview of the work that GBF does in Zambia, discussed the origins of Mobile Transactions (MTZL), introduced many of the organizations with which MTZL works in the field, and ended with the three value chain challenges facing Zambians.