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At Daily Kenya we track over 200,000 Kenyan startups and over 1,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 58 Payments companies in Nairobi. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Payments Companies & Startups (Nairobi)
Cellulant
Cellulant is a leading multinational payments company in Africa on a mission to digitize payments for Africa’s largest economies.
Founder(s): Bolaji Akinboro, Ken Njoroge
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Financial Services, Payments
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DPO Group
An online payments processing company
Founder(s): Eran Feinstein, Offer Gat
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology, Payments
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AZA Finance
AZA is a provider of currency trading solutions that accelerate global access to frontier markets through an innovative infrastructure.
Founder(s): Amy Ludlum, Charlene Chen, Elizabeth Rossiello
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Finance, Financial Exchanges, Financial Services, Payments
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Kopo Kopo
Kopo Kopo is a US-based company that offers solutions to help businesses grow and prosper through payments.
Founder(s): Ben Lyon, Dylan Higgins
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Enterprise Software, Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology, Mobile Payments, Payments, Social Entrepreneurship, Telecommunications
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Sky.Garden
Sky.Garden is SaaS ecommerce platform that helps retail stores digitize offline and online sales.
Founder(s): Christian Grubak, Martin Majlund
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile Payments, SaaS, Trading Platform
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Workpay
Workpay is a Payroll, Benefits, Compliance & embed finance for local and remote teams in Africa.
Founder(s): Jackson Kibigo, Paul Kimani
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Financial Services, Human Resources, Payments, Software
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BitPesa
BitPesa is the provider of wholesale cryptocurrency liquidity and exchange with fast settlement.
Founder(s): Elizabeth Rossiello
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Banking, Finance, Financial Services, Payments
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Flexpay
Flexpay offers an automated platform to enable merchants and their customers manage flexible payments.
Founder(s): Richard Machomba
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Customer Service, Financial Services, Mobile, Payments
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WayaWaya
WayaWaya is a one Account combining your bank, mobile wallet, savings & payments services through Apps, Social platforms and APIs.
Founder(s): Teddy Ogallo
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech, Mobile, Mobile Payments
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Taimba Limited
Taimba is a B2B mobile-based platform connecting farmers to urban traders with aim of reducing food wastage and to stabilize market prices.
Founder(s): Dominique Kavuisya, Joan Kavuisya
Location: Westlands, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Agriculture, B2B, E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile, Mobile Payments
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Saada
Saada helps businesses automate sales and process payments via messaging platforms and USSD.
Founder(s): Gerishon Mwaniki
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Data Integration, Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology, Mobile Payments, Sales Automation, Software, Ticketing
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Virtual Pay
Virtual Pay is a platform for the collection of client payments using various payment methods.
Founder(s): David Morema
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Payments
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JamboPay
JamboPay is an online payment gateway that allows users to securely make and receive payments through mobile phone over internet.
Founder(s): Danson Muchemi
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Cryptocurrency, E-Commerce, Financial Services, Internet, Payments
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Paytree
Paytree is a full stack payments platform that enables businesses to accept mobile, bank and card payments in-app or on their websites.
Founder(s): James Munyeria Kaguamba
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech, Internet, iOS, Mobile Apps, Payments
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OCharge
Airtime recharge & mobile payments app with benefits.
Founder(s): Pratik Kumar
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: E-Commerce, FinTech, Machine Learning, Mobile Payments
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Eastpesa
Eastpesa is an online company that offers Instant Cross border payments in Africa.
Founder(s): Charles Imo, Javan Owino
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
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Popote Payments
Popote is a payments application that goes beyond fulfilling the transaction by providing compelling accounting and management features.
Founder(s): Samuel Wanjohi
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Apps, iOS, Mobile, Mobile Payments
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Chamasoft
Microsavings and microinvestments record management system
Founder(s): Martin Njuguna, Martin Njuguna
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Mobile Apps, Payments
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Gladys
Virtual wallet infrastructure for financial services in Africa
Founder(s): David Maduri
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
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Afri Kash
Afri Kash is a microloan platform based on unique customer insights gained from careers in network development and operations management.
Founder(s): Branislav Cika, Dayo Ogunyemi, Ezana Assefa, Kennedy Omondi Ogweyo, Lucas Lukaso Talunge, Miroslav Vignjevic, Robin Matharu
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
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Data Integrated
Data Integrated is an ICT company that offers financial solutions to small and medium scale enterprises (SME’s).
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Financial Services, Payments
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Professional Digital Systems Limited
Our core business is to provide solutions in I.C.T. & Fintech (hardware and software), installations, maintenance and services.
Founder(s):
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Payments, Software
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PesaGuide
Finance, Fintech, Platform
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments, Personal Finance
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Kyanda
Kyanda is a Kenyan Fintech startup that offers Digital financial services to both Businesses; SMEs and common Mwananchi (citizen).
Founder(s): Collins Kathuli
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Developer APIs, Financial Services, FinTech, Mobile Payments, Transaction Processing
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LipaPay
LipaPay offers an API-linked payment gateway to merchants in Africa.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Internet, Payments
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Mobile Financial Solutions
Mobile Financial Solutions is a fintech company that engages in payment solution and financial services.
Founder(s):
Location: Westlands, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
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IPay
IPay provides practical payments solutions and billing services that support instant payments both online and in-store.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Billing, Financial Services, Payments
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Quoxient Ltd
Quoxient is a fintech company in Kenya. It delivers technology solutions to support SMEs in Financial Services.
Founder(s): Dennis Munyua
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
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Cashia
Cashia is a mobile application that helps users in making payments, send, and receive money.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Financial Services, Mobile Apps, Mobile Payments, Payments
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Annona
Creating a traceable global food ecosystem
Founder(s): Ashley King-Bischof, Zeluis Teixeira
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Internet, Mobile Payments, Software
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PayGate Limited
PayGate Limited is a payment processing company and offers banks.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: E-Commerce, Finance, Internet, Payments
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Lipisha
Seamless mobile payments across Africa
Founder(s): Marshall Musyimi, Martin Kasomo
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Financial Services, Mobile Payments, Small and Medium Businesses
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Payconnect
ntegrations and digital payments solutions provider
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Financial Services, Information Technology, Mobile Payments, Payments, Software
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PesaBot
We help companies enhance their customer support through instant messaging powered by AI and make it easy for them to collect payments.
Founder(s):
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Information Technology, Messaging, Mobile Payments
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Kuwazo
Kuwazo offers digital finance and data analytics services.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Analytics, Banking, Financial Services, Mobile Payments
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Brij
Brij is a fintech app that offers a complete range of cross-border payment solutions for frictionless trade between people and businesses.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Business Development, Financial Services, FinTech, Payments
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ImpalaPay
ImpalaPay is a fintech company that offers mass payouts, merchant payments and mobile top-up services.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: FinTech, Payments, Transaction Processing
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Lima Kwanza Limited
Lima Kwanza Limited is the only purchases a part of the smallholder avocado yield
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Banking, Financial Services, Mobile Apps, Payments
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Mobiticket
Mobiticket is a travel technology company that enables travelers with a built-in transport ticket reservation and payment system via mobile.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Payments, Ticketing, Transportation
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SafePay Solutions
Safepay solutions is a payments company offering cash and card receipting services.
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Location: Westlands, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Electronics, Mobile, Payments
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Central Bank of Kenya
The Central Bank of Kenya is a banking sector responsible for formulating monetary policy to achieve and maintain price stability.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Banking, Finance, Government, Payments
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SoofaPay
SoofaPay offers mobile money, business payments, developers integration services.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Developer Platform, Information Technology, Mobile Payments
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AgriLife
Agri Life is a cloud-based service that provides the vital links, data, payment, and settlement mechanisms to agricultural players.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Agriculture, Payments
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IPSL
ISPL is a digital payment company that offers money transfer systems, automated bulk payments, and e-commerce services.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Mobile Payments, Payments
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Kodisher
Kodisher is a property management system that helps you store financial and operational information.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Enterprise Software, Payments, Property Management, Real Estate, Software
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Mhasibu SACCO Society
Mhasibu Sacco Society provides an array of loans, payment, consulting, financial, accounting, banking, and payment solutions.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Accounting, Financial Services, Payments
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Ecitizen
Ecitizen is a digital payment platform that enables access and payment options for government services online.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Government, Mobile Payments, Online Portals, Payments
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Medina Ethical Finance
Medina Ethical Finance is a digital banking platform that offers savings, electronic payments, money transfers, other financial services.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Banking, Financial Services, Payments
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Pi Consulting
Pi Consulting is a fintech company.
Founder(s):
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Lending, Payments
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IntaSend
Payment Gateway for Africa Businesses
Founder(s):
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Cryptocurrency, Financial Services, Mobile Payments, Payments
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Kocela
Kocela provides customer-focused payment solution.
Founder(s):
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Credit Cards, Mobile Apps, Mobile Payments
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CashFX Limited
Send Cash from Paypal/Skrill/Payoneer to MPESA/Airtel Money in Kenya
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Financial Services, Mobile Payments, Payments
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Riverbank Solution
Riverbank Solution develops and offers different mobile payments solutions as well as various financial tools.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Financial Services, Information Technology, Mobile Payments
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SSENTE
SSENTE is an easy-to-use digital platform that provides money transfers and payments solutions for consumers, merchants, and companies.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Financial Services, Mobile Apps, Payments
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BT Africa
BT Africa provides customer-centric digital solutions for digital transformation and FinTech enablement initiatives.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: FinTech, Mobile Payments, Technical Support, Training
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BrillantPay
BrillantPay is a technology company that creates entreprise products
Founder(s): Daniel Gathigai, Jesse Kaburu, Tonnie Obuya
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Financial Services, Payments, Software
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FinTech Africa
FinTech Africa is an IT company that provides an online CRM portal, system architecture design, mobile payment, saas solutions services.
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Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Financial Services, Information Technology, Mobile Payments, SaaS
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Codesign Africa
Codesign Africa is a financial technology firm.
Founder(s):
Location: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
Industries: Apps, Financial Services, Lending, Payments
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