Diagnostic study of the Zambian payments system

This diagnostic study by Cenfri explores Zambia’s payments landscape and provides insight and key learnings as Zambia’s 2018 – 2022 payment strategy to modernise the payment system and promote a cash-light society. This report outlines salient features of the Zambian economic context and political economy with a bearing on the National Payment System. It provides a breakdown of the different elements of the current payment system, including the range and prevalence of instruments, the provider landscape and payments infrastructure.