Tag: mobile money

Parts of Mogadishu have effectively sidelined the Somali shilling, with traders and public transport operators refusing to accept the country’s last circulating banknote. The move has disrupted daily life for low-income residents and intensified pressure on the government to fast-track a long-delayed currency reform.

Hormuud Telecom alleges Kenyan forces destroyed its infrastructure in Dhuyac-garoon, Lower Juba, cutting communications and mobile money for up to 30,000 residents in a drought-hit, insecure region.