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Home » The Remittances Route Driving Sub-Saharan Africa’s Financial Inclusion

The Remittances Route Driving Sub-Saharan Africa’s Financial Inclusion

Techeconomy by Techeconomy
January 25, 2023
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Shahebaz Khan of VISA writes on Remittances
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Funds transferred from overseas workers represent a vital economic lifeline for low- and middle-income countries globally, and sub-Saharan Africa’s are no exception. That’s why innovation in the remittances space is more critical than ever, writes Shahebaz Khan, Senior Vice-President, Head of New Payment Flows for CEMEA at VISA.   

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Remittances from overseas workers are a vital source of funds for many families around the world, and are an area of payments where, for all parties involved, time is of the essence and every single cent matters.

Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) make up the bulk of receivers of these inflows – representing $605 billion of the total $773 billion of incoming remittances in 2021, according to the World Bank.

Thirty LMICs received more than 10% of the GDP in remittances, with eight receiving over a quarter of GDP through these inflows.

However, a lack of access to traditional banking facilities means that cross-border payments can be slow, risky, and expensive.

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World Bank data from the second quarter of this year shows that, on average, a $200 remittance costs the sender 6.01%. Cash-funded remittances, traditionally the most expensive means of sending money, are 6.52%, while digital remittances are 4.8%. Meanwhile, when consumers have access to sufficient information, the figure drops to just 3.35%.

The past six years have seen substantial progress in the transition from cash- to digitally initiated and digital end-to-end remittances.

In the second quarter of 2016, 93% of remittances worldwide were cash-initiated – six years on, the figure had dropped to 66%, with digital end-to-end and digitally initiated transactions at 13% and 21%, respectively, according to VEEI/Devtech Systems analysis of WBG Remittance Prices Worldwide Quarterly data.

By launching two innovative products that make cross-border person-to-person (P2P) payment transactions significantly faster and cheaper, Visa has also introduced sub-Saharan African consumers to a global financial network of billions of users.

In the region, Nigeria received the largest sum of remittances, at $19.2 billion, followed by Ghana ($4.5 billion) and Kenya ($3.7 billion) in 2021.

In Kenya, in a first-of-its-kind market solution in Sub-Saharan Africa, Visa has partnered with ABSA Bank Kenya to launch a domestic and cross-border remittance service via the Visa Global network that will allow seamless money transfers and payments to any of the two billion-plus Visa cardholders in over 100 Fast Funds-enabled markets, in near real-time with the complete security and reliability associated with Visa cards.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, meanwhile, it is estimated that in 2021 Congolese citizens received remittances valued at more than $1.33 billion – in an economy where only an estimated 26% of the population are part of the formal financial system.

Since opening an office in Kinshasa earlier this year, Visa has partnered with a range of stakeholders, including the central bank, financial institutions, fintechs, merchants, and mobile operators to develop the country’s digital payments ecosystem and drive financial inclusion.

With around 650 million mobile phone users, Sub-Saharan Africa is home to some of the fastest growing economies across the globe and is a leader in the adoption of mobile digital payments, according to the World Bank and African Development Bank.

Africans are making frequent trans-national payments related to trade, education, and healthcare, among other things, and this service is giving them a powerful, efficient new option for transacting across borders.

Globally, according to The World Bank, remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries are expected to increase by 4.2 percent this year (2022) to reach $630 billion.

In an increasingly digital and connected world, consumer demand for fast and convenient access to funds is driving opportunity for cross border person-to-person remittances.

By building digitally-enabled infrastructure, driving digital enablement, and fostering an open, interoperable, and secure ecosystem, the rewards of remittance innovation on individuals, communities, and businesses can be realized – driving economic growth for everyone, everywhere.

Through our global platform, Visa Direct, we are helping facilitate this growth, powering a global and open money movement ecosystem and aiding financial inclusion.

These innovative new products in Africa are great examples of how Visa is seizing this opportunity by rethinking the traditional way we receive funds, transitioning from ‘pull’ – using a card almost exclusively to withdraw funds – to a ‘push’ model where card holders can receive payments, as well as make them.

With these products, Visa is not just making the remittance process more efficient, but is introducing millions of people to connected, global platforms and accelerating financial and digital inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa and around the world.

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