In 2021, the total value of mobile money transactions in Central Africa was around ** billion U.S. dollars. This represented **** percent of the total transaction value worldwide, which corresponded to *** trillion U.S. dollars in the same year.
Mobile money is a service through which a customer can receive, store, send, and spend money via a mobile phone device. Several entities provide the service, such as, among others, telecom companies, mobile money operators, payments service providers, and banks.
According to the source, the value is processed via airtime top-ups, cash-ins, cash-outs, bill payments, bulk disbursements, international remittances, P2P transfers, and merchant payments.
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GSMA . (May 4, 2022). Mobile money transaction value in Central Africa from 2020 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1187450/mobile-money-transaction-value-in-central-africa/
GSMA . "Mobile money transaction value in Central Africa from 2020 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. May 4, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1187450/mobile-money-transaction-value-in-central-africa/
GSMA . (2022). Mobile money transaction value in Central Africa from 2020 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1187450/mobile-money-transaction-value-in-central-africa/
GSMA . "Mobile Money Transaction Value in Central Africa from 2020 to 2021 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1187450/mobile-money-transaction-value-in-central-africa/
GSMA , Mobile money transaction value in Central Africa from 2020 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1187450/mobile-money-transaction-value-in-central-africa/ (last visited July 13, 2025)
Mobile money transaction value in Central Africa from 2020 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], GSMA , May 4, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1187450/mobile-money-transaction-value-in-central-africa/