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Kenya Approves M-Pesa Plan to Hide Customer Phone Numbers

TechTrends ReviewsEditor
March 2, 2026 | 12:02 PM1 min read
Originally published on TechTrends Reviews

The mobile phone number has long served as the public face of Kenya’s mobile money economy. It appears on receipts.

It flashes across merchant confirmations. Sometimes it travels further than the transaction itself.

That small identifier carries a surprising amount of exposure. Now the system that made phone numbers central to everyday payments is preparing … The post Kenya Approves M-Pesa Plan to Hide Customer Phone Numbers appeared first on TechTrendsKE .