FrontlineSMS:Credit

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FrontlineSMS, Human Usability, and the Missing Middle Mile

FrontlineSMS started in 2005 with what seemed like a simple, clear ambition: make a tool that makes it easy for offline communities to communicate. The goal wasn’t innovation or profit, it was simply to get a useful tool into the hands of as many people as possible...Looking back, it feels naive to think that it could ever be simple—that delivering usable, open source, multi-channel tools that drive measurable, positive outcomes through text messaging could have ever felt inevitable. Nine years and many iterations (and tens of thousands of users) later, though, we’re more successful than ever—and mostly for unexpected reasons...

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FrontlineSMS:Credit Takes on Kisumu

Enock Musyoka | FrontlineSMS | July 27, 2012

A few weeks ago, the FrontlineSMS:Credit team and FrontlineSMS M&E Intern Juliana embarked on a trip to Kisumu to meet FrontlineSMS users and potential PaymentView users. Read More »

FrontlineSMSat7: Mobile Money Made Easy And Accessible

Sila Kisoso | FrontlineSMS | November 20, 2012

In the sixth of our seven blog posts celebrating the month that FrontlineSMS turns 7, Enock Musyoka, our FrontlineSMS: Credit Project Assistant, shares the impact FrontlineSMS:Credit’s PaymentView has on Nunguni Financial Service Association and its members. Read More »

In Kenya, Microfinance Is Going Mobile – Part 1

Claire Penicaud | GSMA.com | September 6, 2012

This blog has been written with the support of Tonny Omwansa, co-author of Money, Real Quick: The story of M-Pesa. We want to thank David James, CEO of Musoni and Sharon Langevin, Project Director of FrontlineSMS:Credit. Read Part 2 here. Read More »

In Kenya, Microfinance Is Going Mobile – Part 2

Claire Penicaud | GSMA.com | September 10, 2012

This blog has been written with the support of Tonny Omwansa, co-author of Money, Real Quick: The story of M-Pesa. We want to thank David James, CEO of Musoni and Sharon Langevin, Project Director of FrontlineSMS: Credit. Read Part 1 here. Read More »

PaymentView Now Available in Public Beta!

Sharon Langevin | FrontlineSMS:Credit | March 14, 2012

The FrontlineSMS:Credit team is excited to announce that the public beta version of our new software product, PaymentView, is now available for use in Kenya! Read More »