When this statement reached the world every one was amazed because Kenya's is a very economically poop country so for people their to even own a cell phone is luxury.To many but then again how many people live in Kenya millions their isn't an exact number. So 25% of Kenyan people use it around 17,000,000 Kenyan's. M-Pesa was started in 2007 by safari-com. They have over 40,000 employees to assist Mesa mobiles.
