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The hurdles facing contactless payment adoption across Nigeria

Nigeria has the technology for contactless payment, yet it remains underused as consumers stick with cash, cards, and transfers.

Tarun Mottlia

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The hurdles facing contactless payment adoption across Nigeria
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How cash dominance and transfers hinder tap-to-pay in Nigeria

Why contactless payments struggle to gain traction in Nigeria

On October 13, CashAfrica announced a partnership with Food Concepts, a quick-service restaurant company, to introduce mobile tap-to-pay across Chicken Republic’s more than 350 outlets, as part of its effort to make the payment method more widely adopted in Nigeria.

If you have taken a Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus, you have probably used tap-to-pay technology. The blue Cowry card, operated…

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