The BuzzVol. 07 · Issue 24 · 11.06.2026

MPESA QUIETLY ATE EAST AFRICA'S WALLET.

Sixty million active users, one super-rail, and a regulator scrambling to keep up. Inside Safaricom's decade-long takeover of money in motion across Kenya, Tanzania — and now Ethiopia.

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Nneka Okafor · 6 min
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