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Arifpay and KLIK Partner to Expand Restaurant Digital Payments
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AI SUMMARY
Arifpay Financial Technologies has partnered with delivery platform KLIK to introduce POS terminals and QR code payment solutions to restaurants across Addis Ababa.
- Arifpay Financial Technologies and KLIK Investment PLC signed a partnership agreement on October 19, 2026.
- The agreement aims to introduce Arifpay's POS terminals and QR code payment solutions to restaurants within KLIK's merchant network.
- KLIK operates a delivery platform serving over 1,500 active vendors across eight commercial categories in Addis Ababa.
- The partnership also covers payment gateway services, bulk payment processing, and potential joint marketing activities.
- KLIK's platform already supports payments through telebirr, M-Pesa, CBE Birr, and cash.
- The National Bank of Ethiopia reported that digital transaction values reached 9.7 trillion birr during the 2023/24 financial year.
- Ethiopia recorded more than 128.5 million mobile money accounts by December 2024.
- The central bank's National Digital Payments Strategy for 2026–2030 identifies limited merchant acceptance and low activity rates as constraints on wider adoption.
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