Half of mobile phone borrowers in default

A new survey shows that 50.9 percent of mobile loan borrowers have defaulted. FILE PHOTO | NMG

More than half of loans taken through mobile phone platforms are in default in the wake of Covid-19-induced job cuts and business closures that have pushed thousands of people into a debt trap, a new survey reveals

The findings of the household survey by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), FSD Kenya and the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) show that 50.9 percent of the respondents have defaulted on mobile loans.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.