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Before you send that MoMo payment, who checks the seller?
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Before you send that MoMo payment, who checks the seller?

Ghana's digital payments grew faster than the tools that tell people who they are paying. A public record of how businesses behave would protect buyers, and help honest sellers most of all

Elliot Brenya
Published 54 minutes ago5 min read

Most of us know the routine. You see a dress, a phone or a bag of rice on Instagram, TikTok or a WhatsApp status. You send a message. The seller replies quickly and politely, sends a few more photos and gives you a Mobile Money number. You pay. Then you wait.

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