The Next Wave: Africa’s payment rails have a participation problem

Cet article est aussi disponible en français First published on July 27, 2026 I spent part of this week in Abidjan at a media training hosted by AfricaNenda Foundation, digging into how instant payment systems work across Africa. The continent now has 36 domestic and regional instant payment systems, but relatively few meet the broader tests AfricaNenda uses to measure inclusion. That gap matters because governments, banks and fintechs are investing heavily in payment infrastructure, but faster