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Somalis abandon shillings for mobile money as value continues to plummet

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With bank notes worth only 4 US cents each, many Somalis have abandoned cash and opted for mobile money transfers. They now use mobile money to do their shopping and pay their bills. The move now puts the recovering East Africa nation at the fore front of a financial revolution

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