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Paychant: Africa's Fiat on-and-off ramp Solution for Web3

Paychant opens up new ways for self-custodial wallets and dApps to on and off-ramp African users through an extensive network of localized payment methods in Africa.

Moses Adeniji
by Moses Adeniji

For the past 12 months, our team has been working very hard in stealth mode to deliver what we tag as the "bridge that will connect DeFi and Africa's traditional financial ecosystem". Today, we’re very excited to announce the launch of our fiat-to-crypto on-and-off ramp solution that will empower self-custodial wallets, dApps, DEX, and NFT platforms to onboard the next billion users in Africa.

Most African users have been poorly served by the global on-ramp solution, and as of today, it’s extremely difficult for wallets and dApps to onboard and offboard African users, because most of the global fiat ramp solutions they use do not support the localized payment methods in Africa.

Paychant ramp solution, however, focuses on the African continent, supporting a wider range of local payment methods in Africa, allowing users to buy and sell crypto with local bank transfer and mobile money which are the most recognized and preferred methods of payments on the continent. Wallets and dApps looking to enter the African market can now take advantage of Paychant's localized payment infrastructure, which offers low fees, reduced friction, and lower minimum crypto purchases.

Our fiat on-and-off ramp customizable widget can be embedded directly into any wallet, dApp, DEX, or NFT platform with just a few lines of code. Paychant handles all the user's KYC, fraud, and the entire fiat and crypto flow into your app, so you can focus on your main business.

Our Coverage

We are currently live in the biggest crypto markets in Africa, supporting all local payment methods for on-ramp and off-ramp in each of these regions.

  1. Nigeria
  2. Ghana
  3. Kenya
  4. Uganda
  5. Zambia

Wallet and dApp that integrates Paychant will enable their users in these regions to buy and sell 45+ crypto via:

  • Safaricom M-PESA
  • MTN Mobile Money (MoMo)
  • AirtelTigo
  • **Vodafone cash **
  • Zamtel
  • Airtel money
  • Bank transfer

Support for Multichain

Paychant supports the buying and selling of 45+ crypto assets on major blockchain networks like Ethereum, Celo, Polygon, Binance, Solana, Tron, Cardano, Bitcoin Cash, Ripple, Litecoin, and the Bitcoin network.

Our mission is to connect Africa's traditional finance and the decentralized finance world giving the people in Africa equal access to the financial benefits and opportunities of web3.

We are very excited about the future of Web3 in Africa, over the years our team has gathered technical experiences to support this innovation and we are ready to help you power your business with our powerful payments infrastructure. If you are interested in integrating our on/off ramp widget into your app, please reach out to us here, and we will get back to you as soon as we can.