Stablecoins Are Finding Their Place Inside Africa’s Existing Payment Rails
Summary
Speakers at the Kenya Blockchain & Crypto Conference described how stablecoins are increasingly used as plumbing inside African payment systems to speed settlement, improve dollar access, and enable faster cross-border transfers. Payments firms such as Pawapay and Kotani Pay report cutting settlement times from several days to near-instant after integrating stablecoin infrastructure. Panelists said stablecoins complement — not replace — mobile money and card networks by addressing treasury, FX access, and cross-border liquidity challenges. Regulators and banks must adapt compliance and operational models to preserve speed while meeting AML and FATF requirements for continuous, real-time digital finance.
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PawaPay UK Limited
$1M to $5M
Kotani Pay
$1M to $5M