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A majority of consumers expect Kenya to go cashless in future

Covid-19 has seen consumers across the world ditch cash and in-person shopping in favour of online spending. [Courtesy]

Kenya should be a digital and cashless economy by 2033, Standard Chartered bank has predicted.

According to the new survey, the desire among Kenyans to abandon hard money in favour of wireless transactions and online shopping has only become stronger going by the radical technology advancements and the fatal and lingering COVID-19 pandemic.

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