He was previously executive head of Mossbourne Academy in Hackney, east London.

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Neil Wilson, executive head teacher of a group of schools in south Manchester, told Sanchia Berg that the problem is "more widespread than we give it credit for".

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M-PESA, technically a business unit of Vodafone, which holds the patent for the idea, is now being implemented in South Africa by Vodacom, where Lonie acts as executive head of its mobile payments business.

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