Solar powers Malawi’s mobile money boom but leaves the poorest behind
Solar home systems are accelerating the spread of mobile money in rural Malawi, according to new academic research. But the households benefiting most are not the poorest. A peer reviewed study fo…
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- Solar home systems are accelerating the spread of mobile money in rural Malawi, according to new academic research
- But the households benefiting most are not the poorest
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- It analyses a two-wave quasi-experimental dataset covering 1 138 households in 28 villages in Lilongwe District surveyed in 2022 and 2023
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Solar home systems are accelerating the spread of mobile money in rural Malawi, according to new academic research. But the households benefiting most are not the poorest. A peer reviewed study fo…
New research links rural solar adoption to mobile money use, while raising concerns about inequality
A peer reviewed study found that rural households owning solar systems are about 40 percentage points more likely to use mobile money than otherwise similar households without solar power
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- Solar home systems are accelerating the spread of mobile money in rural Malawi, according to new academic research
- But the households benefiting most are not the poorest
- Solar powers Malawi’s mobile money boom but leaves the poorest behind
- New research links rural solar adoption to mobile money use, while raising concerns about inequality
- A peer reviewed study found that rural households owning solar systems are about 40 percentage points more likely to use mobile money than otherwise similar households without solar power
Why this matters
- It analyses a two-wave quasi-experimental dataset covering 1 138 households in 28 villages in Lilongwe District surveyed in 2022 and 2023
- The practical value is the source trail: The Mail & Guardian is the place to check before acting on prices, dates, availability, or local implications
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