Mobile opportunities, mobile problems: Assessing mobile commerce implementation issues in Malawi

Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Saidi, Edwin ^a  

^a Malswitch Limited   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Africa; E commerce; Electronic payment systems; M commerce; Malawi

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249101087     PISSN: 12045357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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