Global financial infrastructure platform Yuno has formed an alliance with Onafriq to enable international merchants a single connection into 43 African markets.
According to the companies, the agreement provides API-based access to nearly one billion mobile wallets, 500 million bank accounts, and 2 000 cross-border payment corridors.
The alliance forms part of Yuno’s broader strategy to develop a unified platform connecting merchants to payment methods and networks, regardless of geography. Following recent expansions into the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, Africa is central to Yuno’s next phase of growth.
The companies claim the partnership directly addresses an ongoing friction point in cross-border commerce: the complexity of connecting to fragmented, local payment rails across multiple independent markets.
By combining Yuno’s payment infrastructure capabilities with Onafriq’s established local network, the firms aim to reduce the time and technical overhead traditionally required for international merchants to launch and scale across the region.
Onafriq’s infrastructure supports real-time disbursements and omnichannel collections to card issuance, treasury management, and stablecoin settlement. Representatives stated that this capability enables Yuno’s merchant base to pay out to mobile wallets, bank accounts, or cash pick-up points, and accept payments across various channels.
"Africa's payment landscape has never lacked ambition or momentum; what it has needed is the right infrastructure that matches its pace," said Dare Okoudjou, CEO of Onafriq.
Juan Pablo Ortega, co-founder and CEO of Yuno added: “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 African network into our infrastructure layer, we are giving our clients a single path to a continent-wide ecosystem with the reliability, compliance, and local depth they need to grow with confidence.”
The integrated system is currently live across Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, and Uganda.
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