In Africa, all manner of financial transactions can be made through the humble mobile phone - it allows Kenyans to run the whole gamut of activities ranging from the payment of share dividends and utility bills to the purchase of air tickets for global carriers Kenya Airways, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. It even encompasses dowry payment.
From Nairobi and the continent's innovation hub, Silicon Savanna, Wanjohi Kabukuru explains how this mobile revolution came about.