Pandemic Accelerates Use of Mobile Payments, Loans in Africa

Published: Dec. 3, 2020, 8 a.m.

Consumers in sub-Saharan Africa have been relying on their phones to pay for goods and services for more than a decade. Our reporter Alexandra Wexler explains how the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of these sorts of mobile payments. Amanda Lewellyn hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices