Africa’s fragmented payment landscape has long created barriers for global merchants seeking to expand across the continent. Yuno has partnered with Onafriq to provide businesses with access to payment infrastructure spanning 43 African markets through a single API integration.
The partnership gives Yuno’s merchant clients access to Onafriq’s network, which includes nearly 1 billion mobile wallets, 500 million bank accounts and 2,000 cross-border payment corridors. The collaboration aims to reduce the complexity and technical resources required to connect with multiple local payment systems across Africa.
Partnership targets cross-border payment challenges
Onafriq’s infrastructure supports the full payment lifecycle, from real-time disbursements and omnichannel collections to card issuance, treasury management, and stablecoin settlement all underpinned by local regulatory licences and ISO 27001 and CMML3-certified security. For Yuno’s
merchant base, this means the ability to pay out to mobile wallets, bank accounts, or cash pickup points, and accept payments across channels, without managing multiple integrations or compliance frameworks independently.
Juan Pablo Ortega, Co-Founder and CEO, Yuno: “Africa represents one of the most exciting growth opportunities in global commerce, and yet too many merchants are still locked out by payment infrastructure that wasn’t built for scale. Our partnership with Onafriq changes that. By bringing their unmatched African network into our infrastructure layer, we’re giving our clients a single path to a continent-wide ecosystem with the reliability, compliance, and local depth they need to grow with confidence.”
Africa expansion supports Yuno’s global strategy
The partnership is part of Yuno’s broader strategy to build a truly global platform that connects merchants to every meaningful payment method and network, regardless of geography. Following successful expansion in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, Africa is a key pillar of Yuno’s next phase of growth.
For Onafriq, the integration with Yuno extends its reach to an entirely new segment of global merchants who now benefit from a streamlined entry point into African markets. The partnership reinforces Onafriq’s mission of making borders matter less, bringing together mobile money operators, banks, fintechs, and enterprises into one connected payment ecosystem.
Dare Okoudjou, CEO, Onafriq: “Africa’s payment landscape has never lacked ambition or momentum, what it needed is the right infrastructure that matches its pace. Our partnership with Yuno changes the equation for global merchants who want to be part of this growth story. Through a single connection, global merchants can reach consumers and businesses across Africa more seamlessly than ever before, while more people across the continent gain access to the digital economy on their own terms. For us, this is what making borders matter less looks like in practice.”
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