Airtel Africa Group CEO

“I don’t think we have dug into the space of bankers or the space of banking. We have just discovered a need that is not being met by conventional banks,” he says. “If you look at the model of most banks, they thrive on high-margin, low volume of customers/transactions model. That is their model. Their prices are huge, and their branches are not many. For mobile money, it is quite different. It is a large volume of customers and very small margins,” he further explains. “We are bringing financial services to those who are excluded or those who are disadvantaged….