Potential Economic Impact of Mobile Money on Digital Industries in Africa

TLDR

• The GSMA’s State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2026 highlights the scale of the opportunity.
• Mobile money now supports more than two billion registered accounts globally and processes over $2 trillion in annual transaction value.
• For esports, game development and digital content industries, this infrastructure may prove more important than any single tournament, sponsorship deal or technology platform.
• Why payment infrastructure may be the most important investment in African esports Africa’s esports industry often focuses on visible indicators of growth: larger tournaments, better internet infrastructure, increased.
• In many African markets, mobile money has evolved beyond a payment solution into a core piece of economic infrastructure supporting savings, commerce, remittances, entrepreneurship and financial inclusion.