From Mama Mboga to the Supermarket: M-Pesa’s Scan to Pay Fits Everywhere

Think about the last time you bought sukuma wiki on your way home. Chances are you stood at a small stall, a pile of greens in front of you, and the mama mboga was already wiping her hands to check her phone for your M-Pesa message. That moment is so ordinary in Kenya that we hardly notice it.