📰 Media kit

Press & Media

Resources for journalists and media professionals covering African fintech, cross-border payments, and financial inclusion.

AfriLink Pay at a Glance

2026
Founded
54
Countries
~80
Team size
7
Payment rails

What we do

AfriLink Pay is a pan-African payments platform enabling individuals, merchants, and businesses to send money, pay bills, and receive payments across 54 African countries. We combine mobile money, bank transfers, digital wallets, QR codes, and USSD into a single unified API and consumer experience.

Our mission

To cut the average 8% cost of cross-border African remittances to near-zero by building shared payments infrastructure designed ground-up for how Africans transact — mobile-first, offline-capable, and deeply integrated with local rails.


Key Facts

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Headquarters

Accra, Ghana — with operational offices in Lagos (Nigeria), Nairobi (Kenya), and engineering hubs in Kigali and Cape Town.

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Payment rails

Mobile money (M-Pesa, MTN MoMo, Airtel), bank transfer, card, digital wallet, cash pickup, QR, and USSD — 7 rails across 54 countries.

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Compliance

Licensing applications submitted to Bank of Ghana, Central Bank of Nigeria, and Central Bank of Kenya. PCI-DSS assessment underway. ISO 27001 audit scheduled Q3 2026.

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Funding stage

Seed-stage company. Backed by a syndicate of African and diaspora fintech investors. Series A in preparation for H2 2026. Funding total not disclosed.

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Technology

API-first platform. Node.js backend, vanilla progressive web app, MySQL. Fully operational on Hostinger cloud with PM2 process management.

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Impact focus

Targeting the 230M+ African diaspora remittance corridor worth $100B+ annually. Special focus on West Africa–East Africa corridors and intra-Africa B2B payments.


Brand Assets

Use the following guidelines when featuring AfriLink Pay in your publication. Unauthorised modifications to the logo or brand marks are not permitted.

🖼️ Logo usage

The AfriLink Pay wordmark consists of the "A" icon mark in gold-to-orange gradient alongside "AfriLink" in Bricolage Grotesque Bold. Download the press kit for SVG, PNG (white and dark backgrounds), and high-resolution EPS files.


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🎨 Brand colours

Primary gold: #FFB800
Secondary orange: #FF6B35
Accent teal: #00D9A3
Dark background: #050508
Light background: #fafaf7

Do not use the logo on backgrounds where contrast falls below WCAG AA.

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Please do not alter the AfriLink Pay name, logo, or colour values. Do not refer to the company as "Afrilink" (lowercase L) or "Afri-Link". The correct name is AfriLink Pay.

Press Releases & News

Press release 16 May 2026

AfriLink Pay Launches Public Beta with Support for 54 African Countries

AfriLink Pay today announced the public launch of its cross-border payments platform, enabling individuals and merchants across all 54 African Union member states to send and receive money through mobile money, bank transfer, and digital wallet rails.

Milestone 3 April 2026

AfriLink Pay Completes Integration with MTN MoMo, M-Pesa, and Paystack

The platform now routes live payments through three of Africa's largest payment providers, covering mobile money corridors in Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda, Cameroon (MTN), Kenya and Tanzania (M-Pesa), and Nigeria bank and mobile transfers (Paystack).

Feature launch 12 February 2026

AfriLink Pay Identity Launches: Send Money to Anyone with a Username

AfriLink Pay Identity allows users to create a universal payment handle (e.g. afrilinkpay.com/pay/amara) that resolves to any combination of mobile wallets and bank accounts — eliminating the need to share account numbers for cross-border transfers.


Media Contact

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Press enquiries

Email press@afrilinkpay.com for interview requests, fact-checks, and embargo notifications. Response within 4 business hours on weekdays.

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Press kit request

Email press@afrilinkpay.com with your publication name and a brief on the story. We'll send the full media kit within 2 hours.

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AfriLink Pay welcomes in-depth editorial coverage, financial analysis, and conference speaking invitations. We do not pay for coverage or participate in pay-to-play media. All facts in this press kit are accurate as of publication date.