The mobile money market in Kenya is dominated by Safaricom’s M-Pesa which accounts for close to 99 percent of mobile money transfer subscriptions. The total number of active mobile money subscriptions in Kenya amounted to 31.79 million in the third quarter of 2020. M-Pesa had 31.42 million mobile money subscriptions in the same quarter.
Number of active mobile money transfer subscriptions in Kenya from 1st quarter 2018 to 3rd quarter 2020 (in millions), by provider
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Communications Authority of Kenya. (May 10, 2021). Number of active mobile money transfer subscriptions in Kenya from 1st quarter 2018 to 3rd quarter 2020 (in millions), by provider [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065816/quarterly-mobile-money-subscriptions-in-kenya-by-provider/
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Communications Authority of Kenya. (2021). Number of active mobile money transfer subscriptions in Kenya from 1st quarter 2018 to 3rd quarter 2020 (in millions), by provider. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065816/quarterly-mobile-money-subscriptions-in-kenya-by-provider/
Communications Authority of Kenya. "Number of Active Mobile Money Transfer Subscriptions in Kenya from 1st Quarter 2018 to 3rd Quarter 2020 (in Millions), by Provider." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065816/quarterly-mobile-money-subscriptions-in-kenya-by-provider/
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