SMEs record slowest mobile money use after fee waiver ends

A mobile phone user makes an M-Pesa transaction. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Growth in the use of mobile money services by small businesses grew slowest after the government withdrew the waiver of charges for cash transfers of up to Sh1,000.

The Central Bank of Kenya micro and small enterprises (MSMEs) finances Covid-19 Track Survey shows that the small businesses accepting payments digitally fell to 26 percent in March 2021, compared to 58 percent during last year’s lockdown period.

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