Visa has joined its global rival Mastercard in the race to corner mobile payments and wallets, which have proliferated in many parts of Africa and become big business for the likes of Vodacom and MTN.

Last week, the payments giant launched Visa Pay, a new service that allows mobile wallets to integrate and make payments through its system. ..

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