Nigeria, long seen as a fast follower in Africa’s digital finance race, is rapidly redrawing the continent’s payment map as its instant payment systems record explosive growth, challenging Kenya’s long-standing dominance in mobile money.
For years, Kenya, home to the pioneering M-Pesa platf
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Royal Ibeh
Royal Ibeh is a senior journalist with years of experience reporting on Nigeria’s technology and health sectors. She currently covers the Technology and Health beats for BusinessDay newspaper, where she writes in-depth stories on digital innovation, telecom infrastructure, healthcare systems, and public health policies.
