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Africa’s Cyber Insurance Gap: AI Fraud Scales Faster Than Coverage

69% of African biometric fraud is now AI-generated. Nigeria’s cyber insurance market is worth $30 million. When a deepfake bypasses a liveness check and drains a customer account, nobody is holding the risk. That is the gap African fintechs cannot afford to ignore.

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M-PESA's Phone Number Decision Is East Africa's Biggest Merchant Data Change in a Decade

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M-PESA’s Phone Number Decision Is East Africa’s Biggest Merchant Data Change in a Decade

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March 22, 2026

M-PESA begins phone number masking on March 24 for P2P transactions. By year-end, merchants won’t see full customer numbers at all. What PSPs and merchant-side fintechs need to rebuild — and why Kenya’s ODPC made this inevitable.

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Africa’s Cyber Insurance Gap: AI Fraud Scales Faster Than Coverage

M-PESA’s Phone Number Decision Is East Africa’s Biggest Merchant Data Change in a Decade

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