Africa Bids for Mobile Financial Services Leadership

Africa Bids for Mobile Financial Services Leadership

BANGKOK, THAILAND — (Marketwire) — 02/27/12 — Central bank governors and senior regulatory representatives from across Africa will meet in Zanzibar from 1-2 March 2012 in a bid to establish Africa as the global leader in the world-s $650 billion mobile financial services sector.The meeting will not only be the largest-ever regional conference on mobile financial services but also the first major initiative under the Maya Declaration. Endorsed by more than 80 developing and emerging countrie