BIRD NEWSROOM AFRICA is projected to maintain its impressive streak as the global leader in mobile money services, a result of the steady adoption of no-contact payments and more recently the fear of contracting COVID-19, according to a report by the Global System for Mobile Communications, or GSMA. In 2020, Africa made up more than half of the total live mobile money services globally, recording 548 million mobile money wallets, of the total 1.2 billion registered accounts globally. Out of 310 live mobile money services, 157 operate in Africa, representing 50.7% of the world total, according to the latest report…