{"id":182713,"date":"2024-05-15T15:05:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T15:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/44-million-accounts-registered-on-mobile-money-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T15:05:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T15:05:21","slug":"44-million-accounts-registered-on-mobile-money-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/44-million-accounts-registered-on-mobile-money-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"44 million accounts registered on mobile money \u2013 Akufo-Addo \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"article-123\">The mobile money market in Ghana is becoming a fast-growing one as the adoption of electronic wallet service has increased considerably, with some 44 million accounts registered by the end of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed by President\u00a0Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo\u00a0in a post on X on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, and sighted by\u00a0GhanaWeb\u00a0Business.<\/p>\n<p>He said mobile money, which has become the most revolutionary product to have been introduced to the Ghanaian financial ecosystem, has recorded transactions of over GH\u00a21 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo added that the percentage of adults with access to financial services has also risen from 58% in 2017 to 80% in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMobile money adoption has increased considerably, with some 44 million accounts registered by the end of 2023, and transactions surpassing GH\u00a21 trillion. Meanwhile, the percentage of adults with access to financial services has risen from 58% in 2017 to some 80% in 2023, representing a remarkable achievement that has transformed countless lives and opened up new horizons of opportunity,\u201d President Akufo-Addo stated.<\/p>\n<p>He said Ghana can boast of being one of the countries with the highest mobile money penetration rates in the world.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo pointed out that mobile money transactions exceed GH\u00a2900 billion annually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read President Akufo-Addo\u2019s tweet below;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Mobile money adoption has increased considerably with some 44 million accounts registered by the end of 2023, and transactions surpassing GH\u00a2 1 trillion whilst the percentage of adults with access to financial services has risen from 58% in 2017 to some 80% in 2023, representing\u2026\u2014 Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NAkufoAddo\/status\/1790318123209355334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mobile money adoption has increased considerably with some 44 million accounts registered by the end of 2023, and transactions surpassing GH\u00a2 1 trillion whilst the percentage of adults with access to financial services has risen from 58% in 2017 to some 80% in 2023, representing\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NAkufoAddo\/status\/1790318123209355334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mobile money market in Ghana is becoming a fast-growing one as the adoption of electronic wallet service has increased considerably, with some 44 million accounts registered by the end of 2023. This was disclosed by President\u00a0Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo\u00a0in a post on X on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, and sighted by\u00a0GhanaWeb\u00a0Business. 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