Kenya tops digital, financial inclusion

Widespread use of mobile money solutions have made it easier and cheaper to send and receive money. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya has been ranked the top country for the third consecutive year in a survey on financial and digital inclusion by a US-based public institution, helped by the wide adoption of mobile money in the local economy.

Brookings Institution’s Centre for Technology Innovation, a non-profit organisation based in Washington DC, in its latest report positioned Kenya at the top of its Financial and Digital Inclusion Program (FDIP) scorecard in a survey of 26 countries across the world.

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