https://staging.digitalnomadsinafrica.com/resources/m-pesa-guide/ Work remotely from Cape Town to Cairo Sun, 15 Sep 2024 12:21:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 https://staging.digitalnomadsinafrica.com/resources/m-pesa-guide/#comment-765 Sun, 05 May 2024 19:35:20 +0000 https://staging.digitalnomadsinafrica.com/?p=4362#comment-765 […] Now, let’s talk about M-Pesa, the almost universally accepted payment method in Kenya. I did not use M-Pesa during my time in Kenya. “Why? Do you enjoy suffering?” is what the hostel owner in Nairobi told me when I told her I went my entire month in Kenya without it. Unfortunately, my phone did not have a physical SIM card slot, so I couldn’t get a Safaricom SIM and set up MPesa. I don’t fully know how it works, but it allows people to just pay for things by transferring money between MPesa accounts. Almost everyone in Kenya uses Mpesa, and it makes it easy to travel without lugging around loads of cash. Here’s a full guide on how MPesa works. […]

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