Airtel targets Kenya’s small businesses as mobile money war shifts to merchants

Airtel Money Kenya is targeting small businesses with a new digital wallet as it seeks to deepen customer engagement after increasing its share of Kenya’s mobile money market to 10.9%, signalling a new phase in its challenge to Safaricom’s M-PESA.

The launch of Bizna Wallet on Monday comes as merchant payments emerge as one of the fastest-growing segments of  Kenya’s mobile money…