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Is Ghana the country with the highest number of mobile money users in Africa?

No. According to the World Bank’s latest Global Findex database, 73% of adults in Kenya had a mobile money account in 2017. In Uganda and Zimbabwe, the figure stood at about 50%. The share of adults owning a mobile money account in Ghana in 2017 was 39%. 
 

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