New 2024 Report: Payments and E-Commerce in Africa

Provided by French Telecom giant Orange, fourth largest telecom company in Africa, Orange Money became a market leading in payments in multiple – particular in francophone – African markets. With over 90 million active users, Orange Money is processing mobile payments with a value of over 10 billion EUR a month.

Orange Money enables users to a wide range of financial and payment services directly from their mobile phone. They can make domestic and international transfers between Orange Mobile Money accounts, buy airtime and bill payments and even offering banking services like loans in partnership with Orange Bank Africa. Main use case of millions of Orange Money users is to make their everyday purchases with merchants, both online and offline.

In summary, Orange Mobile provide a versatile and accessible financial ecosystem that caters to the needs of both individuals and businesses, enhancing convenience and accessibility to secure financial and payment services to millions of customers who might not have access to traditional banking or credit cards.

Including Orange Money in their online checkout allows international merchants to tap into and benefit from a large and expanding user base in rapidly growing markets, previously inaccessible to them.

Product features
  • Regions Africa
  • Countries Botswana • (more countries coming soon)
  • Payment method type Digital Wallet
  • Refund Yes
  • Partial refund Yes
  • Recurring No
  • Chargeback risk No
  • Processing currencies EUR • USD • GBP
  • Settlement currencies EUR • USD • GBP