Ten Days in Kenya With No Cash, Only a Phone

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By Charles Graeber

June 9, 2014 at 7:34 PM UTC

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This article is part of the June 9, 2014 issue of businessweek.

Ten Days in Kenya With No Cash, Only a Phone

“Taxi, sir?”