Mobile Microfinance and Empowerment: The Case of E-Masary for Financial Inclusion in Egypt

Abstract

Mobile technology not only facilitates the delivery of microfinance services, but also transform the range of microfinance services provided for them. This transformation is a product of the new linkages mobile telecoms can make bridging the public-private partnership. In this short paper we discuss how can this new version of partnership embedded in mobile-based microphones empower marginalized classes of the Egyptian society.

Keywords: Mobile Telecommunication, Microfinance, Empowerment, Egypt