The $1.4 Trillion Mark Shows How Africa’s Mobile Money Market Has Settled Into Daily Life

Africa Drove Mobile Money To USD 2 T—Now Most Accounts Sit Idle

The mobile money industry crossed USD 2 T in transactions in 2025, yet more than 1.7 billion registered accounts sat idle. The real story from Africa’s digital finance revolution, it turns out, is less about growth and more about who actually uses it. Behind the headline numbers of the GSMA’s 2026 State of the Industry Report lies a paradox that should trouble policymakers from Lagos to Nairobi. Registered mobile money accounts surged by a recor…

The $1.4 Trillion Mark Shows How Africa’s Mobile Money Market Has Settled Into Daily Life

The African mobile money market reached a valuation of $1.4 trillion in 2025, according to a new report from the mobile industry body GSMA. This growth cements the continent’s position as the primary engine for global phone-based finance, accounting for roughly three-quarters of the $2.1 trillion in total global transactions. With 2.3 billion registered users … The post As Transactions Climb, Africa’s Mobile Money Market Reaches $1.4 Trillion ap…