Mobile Money in Africa: The Past and the Future?

This month's Addleshaw Goddard Africa Newsletter focuses on the growth of Africa's mobile money market – from the early emergence of Kenya's M-Pesa in the 2000s to the banking-disruptors of today. The articles in the report examine the history of mobile money in Africa, its rapid growth and development, and the challenges and opportunities the industry faces in a continent where a significant proportion of the population remains shut out from traditional banking markets. As the industry continues to grow, but as competition increases and as new technologies (including digital assets) present potentially attractive alternatives to mobile money – what does the future for mobile money in Africa look like?