Much of the talk around the African tech scene over the last few years has been around consistent growth and success, with mobile money service M-Pesa at the heart of it all. But this month both – the scene and the service – received a blow, as mobile operator Vodacom announced it was discontinuing M-Pesa in South Africa, where the service has failed to take off as in other markets. Though M-Pesa was a major success in Kenya, and has subsequently successfully expanded to the likes of Tanzania, Lesotho, Mozambique and the DRC, it had not gained sufficient uptake in South Africa…
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