Technology panacea for looming cashless society
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Most countries in Africa are well-positioned to benefit from rapidly accelerating technological change while Botswana is slowly catching up the pace. During a recent visit to Beijing, the capital city of China, Mmegi observed that China might be a global leader in mobile payments.
In Beijing one cannot find a person holding a wallet nor cash, not even to buy a cup of coffee or pay for a taxi. What they do is use their phones to pay for everything that they want.
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