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Somalia: Hawala Tech and Banks in Somalia

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Somalia, Economics & Business, Technology

Erik looks at Hawala and bank systems [1] in Somalia: “Somali’s have been using the Hawala form of money transfer for centuries, to the tune of approximately $1.6 billion annually. Somalia, per capita, has one of the largest diaspora populations in the world.”