{"id":558598,"date":"2021-08-18T04:11:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T04:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/08\/18\/number-of-telecom-backed-mobile-wallet-transactions-up-175-in-1q2021\/"},"modified":"2021-08-18T04:11:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T04:11:01","slug":"number-of-telecom-backed-mobile-wallet-transactions-up-175-in-1q2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/08\/18\/number-of-telecom-backed-mobile-wallet-transactions-up-175-in-1q2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of telecom-backed mobile wallet transactions up 175% in 1Q2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-03\"><\/a> <strong>The<\/strong><strong> number of <\/strong><strong>telecom-backed mobile wallets<\/strong><strong> in Egypt jumped 16% y-o-y to reach<\/strong><strong> 16.3 mn in the first half of 2021, <\/strong>according to a National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) <a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2021\/8\/NTRA-mobils-wallets-2021-report.pdf\">report (pdf)<\/a>. Mobile wallet transactions also skyrocketed 175% y-o-y to record 81 mn in 1H2021, up from 29.5 mn in the first half of 2020. The average value of a transfer between mobile wallets was EGP 1.2k, while the average value of a purchase made through a mobile wallet was EGP 175.<sup><\/sup><sup><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vodafone still has the biggest slice of the e-wallet pie: <\/strong>Vodafone Cash wallets account for 65% of all telecom-backed mobile wallets, followed by Orange (20%), Etisalat (11%), and We (4%), which has managed to capture an extra 3% of the market share since the NTRA\u2019s last survey. Orange, meanwhile, is down 3 points in total market share.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you\u2019re over 50, odds are good you\u2019re no using an e-wallet: <\/strong>29% of users are aged between 26-35, while 26% are 36-45 year olds, and 17% 16-25 year olds. In the older demographic, 16% of e-wallet users are 46-55, and 12% are over 55.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gender and geographic divides are starker: <\/strong>70% of mobile wallet users are men, while 33% hail from the three governorates of Cairo, Giza and Alexandria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-payments are more than a pandemic fad: <\/strong>The figures chime with the 17% <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/59863ee4-eef6-4b7f-9026-052fd6d8536b\">upswing<\/a> in the use of telecom companies\u2019 mobile wallets during March-October 2020, suggesting that growth in the sector has been sustained beyond the era of lockdowns and stringent distancing measures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s a telecom-backed mobile wallet? What\u2019s a mobile wallet? Heck, what\u2019s a mobile? <\/strong>We explain everything <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/d8959910-a251-45e7-9560-d48cede4ad53\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of telecom-backed mobile wallets in Egypt jumped 16% y-o-y to reach 16.3 mn in the first half of 2021, according to a National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) report (pdf). Mobile wallet transactions also skyrocketed 175% y-o-y to record 81 mn in 1H2021, up from 29.5 mn in the first half of 2020. 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