This article showcases our top picks for the best Nigeria based Payment & Fintech companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Payment & Fintech industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Nigeria Payment & Fintech Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
OPay
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OPay designs a mobile payment service and consumer platform for users to send and receive money, pay bills, and order food and groceries.
Interswitch
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Interswitch is an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company.
TeamApt
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TeamApt is a financial technology company focused developing Digital Banking, Business Solutions and Payments Infrastructure.
Paystack
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Paystack lets businesses accept payments via credit card, debit card, money transfer and mobile money on their websites or mobile apps.
Helium Health
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Helium Health is an EHR company specializing in developing hospital software to manage patients’ health records and data.
PalmPay
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PalmPay is a simple and secure payment app that give rewards.
Appzone Group
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Payments, Payment Infrastructure, Banking Software as a Service
Global Accelerex Limited
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Global Accelerex facilitates payments on physical and virtual channels with the use of debit and/or credit cards, USSD and account transfers
Paylater
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Paylater is a digital financial services platform that specializes in consumer lending.
XEND
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Xend is an African end-to-end merchant solution that includes inventory management, payments, and business intelligence.
Evolve Credit
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A loan and financial product marketplace that allows African consumers to find, compare, and apply for loan offers from select lenders.
Fliqpay
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Fliqpay is a cross-border payment infrastructure for financial institutions and global businesses
Fundall
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A full stack digital bank that makes access to digital banking, wealth management & business tools affordable to Africans across the globe.
TalentBase
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TalentBase is an affordable payroll solution enabling African SMEs to simplify and organize their HR processes.
BuyPower
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BuyPower is a utility payment platform in Nigeria.
SureGroup
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Powering employee & customer rewards in Africa.
Vesicash Financial Technology
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Vesicash is an Escrow payment system that facilitate a transparent payment process through a secure distributed networks.
Allpro Technologies
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Allpro Technologies is a fintech startup.
Flux
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Flux is a mobile app that lets you send money, receive money, make and accept payments across Africa.
Ogaranya
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We enable Offline-To-Online (O2O) commerce. USSD Payments.
Shoppersbill
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Integrated payment, Invoicing and billing Platform
Wallet.ng
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Wallet.ng is a fintech startup that allows people and companies to send, receive, and make payments, using their phone numbers.
Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System
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NIBSS provides the infrastructure for automated processing, settlement of payments and fund transfer instructions.
Middletrust
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Africa’s most reliable escrow payment service provider.
Naijacrypto
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Cryptocurrency Exchange and Utility Platform.
Electronic Settlements Limited
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Electronic Settlements Limited is an indigenous information systems management company experience revolutionizing the IT & payment industry.
ITEX Integrated Services
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ITEX Integrated Services is an innovative FinTech company that designs and deploys secure and convenient Online & Mobile payment solutions.
Amplified Payment System Ltd (Amplify)
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Amplify builds next-generation payment solutions for banks, businesses and consumers in Africa.
Oyana
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Ọyana is a fintech company that provides a payment infrastructure for global merchants and payment service providers.
Xpress Payments
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Xpress Payments delivers customized digital platforms for the optimization of electronic payments and fund disbursement services.
VISION-X CRYPTO
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Vision-X Crypto is a FinTech company that facilitates payments through cryptocurrency with cost effective integration models.
Sankore Global Investments
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Sankore Global Investments is an investment company that provides investment, risk, and estate management services.
AjoCard
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AjoCard offers payments, lending, savings, and health insurance services.
Aimtoget.com
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No.1 Nigerian Platform that convert airtime to cash with instant payment
Oak Pensions
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Oak Pension renders retirement planning, voluntary contributions, defined benefit scheme management, benefit administrations and payment.
SimplePay Limited
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SimplePay is a leading Nigerian payment processor and has been processing for more than 3000 web merchants and still growing.
Cashenvoy
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CashEnvoy is owned by E-Settlement Ltd, an independent, private sector led, limited liability company located in Lagos.
SmartTeller
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SmartTeller is helping cooperative banks serve their customers better.
Abstract Works Limited
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Technology, Business & Brand Consulting
PayWithCapture
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PayWithCapture is a convergent payment system that aggregates QR-code payment.
CowriePay
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CowriePay is dedicated to deepening financial services in emerging markets.
Protocoh
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Protocoh is providing the infrastructure for automated processing, settlement of payments, and fund transfer instructions.
Globasure
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Globasure develops and provides effective end to end payment solutions that make living simpler. Our clients include FINTECH, banks & telcos
nibox
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Nibox is a merchant aggregator and mobile payments company that aims to simplify transactions via a self-service kiosk infrastructure.
MyMusic.com.ng
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Africa’s music streaming and download service
Calabary
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Calabary is a financial technology services company providing instalment loans to consumers at the point of sale.
swap.ng
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Swap.ng is a platform with various extensions enabling users and businesses to send, receive payment and pay bills.
Payluk
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Payluk is a financial technology company providing payment protection(escrow) services for individuals and businesses.
Bitpaya
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Bitpaya is a digital currency exchange and remittance platform that uses blockchain to lower the cost and enhance quick settlement.
TouchandPay Technologies
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TouchandPay Technologies provides payment and transaction services.
NQLB
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NQLB is a technology and financial services company that offers eCommerce, payments, and IT solutions for African businesses.
e-Revenue Gateway
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e-Revenue Gateway (e-RG) is a payment processing and electronic transaction switching company.
High Breed Technology
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High Breed Technology is an African multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products.
Zoranga
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Zoranga provides electronic payment and money transfer services.
Eazycrypt
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Conversion and Spending of cryptocurrencies made easy, fast and reliable for people and businesses in Africa & Middle East.
Leadway Pensure
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Leadway Pensure provides pension funds solutions and financial services.
Troneta Solutions Ltd
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Software, Database, Blockchain Development, Payment Processor, Currency Exchanger
Podlancer
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Podlancer is a freelancing, outsourcing & crowdsourcing marketplace. Find, hire, manage & pay professionals without engaging them fulltime.
Unified Payments
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Unified Payments is a payment service provider that offers online payment solutions.
Nairapacket
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Disrupting the financial-payment system via mobile gaming as a fun and rewarding system that motivates users to store money in digital form.
RSVP
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RSVP is a collaborative payment service that allows people solicit and receive payments for various purposes.
SecureFarm
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We are a co-farming platform that aids farmers in Nigeria by offering access to land, mechanical & digital tech, credit, and knowledge.
Zapay
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Quick Global Money Transfer and e-Commerce Merchant Services
