International Finance Corporation (IFC) will support the regulator in developing mobile money regulations. It will organize (regional) knowledge sharing events in Sierra Leone (SL) to raise awareness on the opportunities created by mobile money. It will provide institutional support to splash to help them improve their product and service delivery. It will support Airtel in rolling out their newly launched Airtel money service using best practice models for agent network build out, training, and management. This report summarizes the non-confidential findings that were obtained by IFC during the scoping mission. It provides a brief perspective on regulations, financial market, telecom market, and mobile financial service implementations.
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2012/06/08
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Document Type
Working Paper
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Report Number
95022
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Volume No
1
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Total Volume(s)
1
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Disclosure Date
2015/03/19
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Doc Name
IFC mobile money scoping country report : Sierra Leone
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Keywords
domestic bank;mobile money;financial service;real time gross settlement;formal financial service;proof of residence;start-up grant;mobile banking;
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Citation
Firpo,Janine Ngahu,John Irungu
IFC mobile money scoping country report : Sierra Leone (English). IFC mobile money scoping country reports Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/693081468094785722/IFC-mobile-money-scoping-country-report-Sierra-Leone