Safaricom targets 8,000 transactions per second in M-PESA upgrade by 2026
Safaricom's head of IT, Felix Rop, said in an interview on August 8 that the company will expand M-PESA's capacity to handle up to 8,000 transactions per second — equivalent to 252 billion in a year — from its current 4,000 per second. The upgrade comes amid growing demand for digital payments and increasing scrutiny over the resilience of financial infrastructure in East Africa's biggest economy.
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Safaricom targets 8,000 transactions per second in M-PESA upgrade by 2026
Safaricom's head of IT, Felix Rop, said in an interview on August 8 that the company will expand M-PESA's capacity to handle up to 8,000 transactions per second — equivalent to 252 billion in a year — from its current 4,000 per second. The upgrade comes amid growing demand for digital payments and increasing scrutiny over the resilience of financial infrastructure in East Africa's biggest economy.