NTULELE, Kenya -- SHASHANK BENGALI Before, when Malit Kuronoi needed to pay the cowherd who watched over his cattle in faraway northern Kenya, he made the 500-mile round trip himself. For four days, Kuronoi rode ramshackle buses across roads patrolled by bandits and bribe-seeking cops, sometimes sleeping by the roadside when a bus broke down, just to deliver the money. Now he sends it by cellphone. The Kenyan farmer is among millions who are at the forefront of a pocket-sized financial...
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