Visa says stablecoins are ‘pretty big’ for Africa’s payments future

$2 trillion. That is how much flowed through mobile money wallets globally in 2025, doubling from the first trillion in just four years, according to GSMA’s State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2026. Sub-Saharan Africa alone accounted for $1.4 trillion of that, representing 66% of total global transaction value.

“The speed and pace at which digital payments are growing in Africa is…