Covid-19 boosts mobile banking in Africa, and network operators are listening
By 2019, Sub-Saharan Africa boasted 469-million mobile money accounts — more than any other region in the world
29 September 2020 - 11:38
Johannesburg/Abidjan — When Covid-19 hit Ivory Coast, Bonaventure Kra, who works at an import-export business, began to worry. Handling hard cash all day was a risk. Queuing in crowded bank branches exposed him to infection.
Then, in the midst of the pandemic, French telecommunications giant Orange launched an entirely digital bank — its first full banking venture in Africa...
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