Digital Public Infrastructure and Development: A World Bank Group Approach vs GSMA State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2026

This World Bank Group paper sets out a shared approach to digital public infrastructure, framed around interoperable digital identity, digital payments and data-exchange layers as the foundation for inclusive digital economies. It provides definitions, guiding principles and safeguards to help countries plan and govern DPI. Much of the World Bank's DPI work targets low- and middle-income countries, including across Africa.

The GSMA State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money is the industry's definitive annual reference, prepared by the GSMA Mobile Money programme. The 2026 edition (published March 2026) reports that more than 2 trillion US dollars flowed through mobile money in 2025 and that the industry reached 2.3 billion registered accounts, up by 268 million. Most new registered and active accounts came from Sub-Saharan Africa, the industry's largest region.