M-Pesa is set to roll out blockchain-powered transactions in Ethiopia following a partnership between M-Pesa Africa and the Abu Dhabi\u2013based ADI Foundation, extending new payment infrastructure to one of Africa\u2019s fastest-growing mobile money markets.<\/p>\n
The agreement will integrate ADI Chain, a regulatory-compliant blockchain platform, into M-Pesa\u2019s operations in eight countries, including Ethiopia. The initiative is designed to support cross-border payments, stablecoin transactions and additional digital financial services for individuals and small businesses.<\/p>\n
Ethiopia has seen rapid expansion in mobile financial services since the liberalisation of the telecoms sector and the launch of M-Pesa by Safaricom Ethiopia. The country has prioritised digital payments as part of broader economic reforms aimed at improving financial inclusion and reducing reliance on cash.<\/p>\n
M-Pesa Africa said the blockchain infrastructure would operate alongside existing mobile money systems. In Ethiopia, where cross-border transfers are commonly used for trade and remittances, the integration is expected to link local users to a wider regional payments network, subject to regulatory requirements set by the National Bank of Ethiopia.<\/p>\n
The partnership also covers Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Lesotho, Mozambique and Tanzania, connecting more than 60 million M-Pesa users across Africa to the new infrastructure. M-Pesa Africa is a joint venture between Safaricom and Vodacom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"M-Pesa is set to roll out blockchain-powered transactions in Ethiopia following a partnership between M-Pesa Africa and the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[65],"class_list":{"0":"post-20377","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ethiopia","8":"tag-ethiopia"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}