M-Pesa processed over $450 billion in transactions in 2025. It started in 2007 as a way to repay microloans via SMS. Today it pays for streaming subscriptions, gaming top-ups, and online platform access across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and beyond. The infrastructure that was built for financial inclusion quietly became the infrastructure for digital entertainment, and the industry is only now catching up to what that means.
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