Transfers

Send money to any VpayAfrica number.

One wallet, 45 currencies. Their phone number is the address.

Create your account

What you can do

  • Send to a phone number

    Money reaches any VpayAfrica number, in any of the 45 currencies VpayAfrica supports.

  • Cash at an agent's counter

    Pay cash in to top up your wallet, or take cash out, at an agent near you.

  • The rate and the fee, before you confirm

    Every transfer shows its rate and its fee first. A six-digit code sent to your phone confirms it.

Every currency VpayAfrica supports

Send to any VpayAfrica number in any of them.

National currencies

  • AOA Angolan kwanza
  • BIF Burundian franc
  • BWP Botswanan pula
  • CDF Congolese franc
  • CVE Cape Verdean escudo
  • DJF Djiboutian franc
  • DZD Algerian dinar
  • EGP Egyptian pound
  • ERN Eritrean nakfa
  • ETB Ethiopian birr
  • GHS Ghanaian cedi
  • GMD Gambian dalasi
  • GNF Guinean franc
  • KES Kenyan shilling
  • KMF Comorian franc
  • LRD Liberian dollar
  • LSL Lesotho loti
  • LYD Libyan dinar
  • MAD Moroccan dirham
  • MGA Malagasy ariary
  • MRU Mauritanian ouguiya
  • MUR Mauritian rupee
  • MWK Malawian kwacha
  • MZN Mozambican metical
  • NAD Namibian dollar
  • NGN Nigerian naira
  • RWF Rwandan franc
  • SCR Seychellois rupee
  • SDG Sudanese pound
  • SLE Sierra Leonean leone
  • SOS Somali shilling
  • SSP South Sudanese pound
  • STN Sao Tome and Principe dobra
  • SZL Eswatini lilangeni
  • TND Tunisian dinar
  • TZS Tanzanian shilling
  • UGX Ugandan shilling
  • ZAR South African rand
  • ZMW Zambian kwacha
  • ZWL Zimbabwean dollar

Regional currencies

  • XAF Central African CFA franc, used in 6 countries
  • XOF West African CFA franc, used in 8 countries

Settlement currencies

  • EUR Euro
  • GBP British pound
  • USD United States dollar

Getting started

  1. 1

    Your phone number

    Enter the number you want the wallet on.

  2. 2

    The six-digit code

    We text it to that number.

  3. 3

    Your details

    Your name, your date of birth and an ID.

Become an agent

Agents take cash deposits and pay out withdrawals for the people around them.

Apply with your phone number, your ID and where the counter is. One of our team reviews it.

Apply to run a counter