57 percent of world’s active mobile money accounts are domiciled in Africa in 2016, according to analysts at Ecobank Research in infographics released Thursday’s on Africanchat monitored on Twitter.

The researchers noted that more and more Africans are using mobile money to transfer cash, pay bills, top up airtime, remit and pay in shops.mobile money accounts 2016

The infographic indicated that Africa has 100.1 million accounts or 57.6 percent of global mobile money accounts, distantly followed by South Asia with 40.4 million or 23.3 percent.

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region occupied the third position with 13.9 million accounts, representing 8 percent of world mobile money accounts.

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