Opinion: What’s behind Africa’s growing love for digital finance?

by Calvin Ebun-Amu 2007, Kenya’s dominant cellular provider, Safaricom, launched M-Pesa. The service allowed users to send and receive digital payments anywhere in the country as easy as sending a text message. With M-Pesa, customers store money in their mobile wallet which they use to make deposits, pay for goods and services in brick and... Read More