ADI Foundation Partners With M-Pesa to Explore Blockchain Infrastructure Across Eight African Markets
M-Pesa Africa has partnered with ADI Foundation to explore blockchain infrastructure across eight African markets, focusing on cross-border payments, regulation, and institutional use cases...
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The ADI Foundation has partnered with M-Pesa to implement blockchain infrastructure across eight African markets where M-Pesa operates. This collaboration focuses on deploying ADI Chain, a regulatory-focused blockchain network, primarily for institutional use cases rather than direct consumer interaction.
- The partnership aims to introduce blockchain capabilities for behind-the-scenes improvements, such as cross-border settlement and SME payments.
- Key organizations involved are the ADI Foundation and M-Pesa, which is active in countries including Kenya, DRC, Egypt, and Ethiopia.
- The initiative is an infrastructure-level collaboration, with blockchain serving as an underlying layer to enhance efficiency and compliance within existing mobile money systems, without directly involving M-Pesa users in blockchain or cryptocurrencies.
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