Payaza Africa Limited is a pan-African financial infrastructure company founded in 2020 and launched in March 2022, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, with a registered presence in London, UK. Built by seasoned banker and entrepreneur Seyi Ebenezer, Payaza has grown from a single payment reconciliation solution into a multi-continental payment gateway operating across 23 countries in Africa, North America, and the Middle East.
Payaza provides businesses of all sizes with an end-to-end suite of digital financial services, including payment collections, instant payouts, cross-border disbursements, embedded finance APIs, multicurrency donations via Payaza Give, multi-outlet management via Payaza Branches, AI-native eCommerce through Shopaza, and event ticketing through EventPorte.
Audited by Deloitte, certified by eight ISO standards, rated AA- by DataPro, A- by GCR (a Moody’s affiliate), A- by Agusto & Co., and A- by Intelligence Africa, Payaza stands as one of Africa’s most creditworthy and fastest-growing fintech companies. It is the only certified Visa processor in sub-Saharan Africa, holds money services licences across all 50 U.S. states, and delivers T+0 same-day settlements where the industry standard remains T+3.
Serving over 20,000 businesses and processing $20 billion in Total Payment Volume in 2024, Payaza is rewriting the playbook for sustainable, compliant, and profitable financial innovation from Africa.
