BitPesa is an online payment platform that leverages Blockchain settlement to significantly lower the cost and increase the speed of business payments to, from and within sub-Saharan Africa. BitPesa's clients range from African businesses and multinational companies paying suppliers as far as China and Dubai to international remittance companies using our API services for white-label payments to dozens of bank networks and mobile money operators across Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Senegal
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Fabrizio Villani
1 year, 9 months
Nice service. Is it only possible to get access from African countries?
BitPesa
1 year, 9 months
Hi Fabrizio, yes, for now the service is available to and from Africa to the rest of the world.