Africa: IPS transaction volume 2022

According to a survey, over 31 billion instant payment system (IPS) transactions were carried out in Africa in 2022. This continued the steady yearly increase in transaction volume visible since 2018. That year, only seven billion transactions were registered on the continent.

Overall, instant payment systems (IPS) are used across the different regions of Africa. According to the source, they refer to transactions across domains and through banks, mobile money, and sovereign currency.

Total volume of instant payment system (IPS) transactions in Africa from 2018 to 2022 (in billions)

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Release date

November 2023

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Region

Africa

Survey time period

2018 to 2022

Number of respondents

22 respondents

Special properties

retail; instant payment sytems

Supplementary notes

Figures have been rounded

The source defines Instant Payment Systems (IPS) as that which allow digital push payments through set procedures, making final funds available to the payee in the nearest real-time.

The source reports, that there is missing data from 10 IPS around Africa. Therefore, the volume could be underestimated.

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