African trade bloc COMESA launches digital payments system
[...]The initiative seeks to assist medium, small and micro enterprises, who account for 80% of business and 60% of employment in member states, but have to deal with "cumbersome, insecure and expensive" cross-border payments systems, he said.
"We are demonstrating how traders can exchange value seamlessly without relying on scarce foreign currency," he said.[...]
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