
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
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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