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Growing African Digital Economy

FLUTTERWAVE

Who We Are

Flutterwave is a FinTech firm poised with the sole objective of building payments infrastructure to connect the fast growing African economy to the global economy thereby making it easier for the teeming population of young African entrepreneurs to build global businesses that can make and accept online payment anywhere from all Africa and all around the world.

This is as the worlds digital economy is steadily progressing around us and African deserves inclusion which flutterwave was singlehandedly taken upon itself.

The firm started in 2016 when a team of like - minded ex-bankers, entrepreneurs and information engineers discovered the problem that Africa lags far behind in the global digital market and decided to solve the problem, at least do their own quotas, by developing the award - winning technology backbone needed to make available for businesses all around the world a simple yet powerful, reliable and intelligent payment gateway. This payment gateway, flutterwave has done alot in bringing African from far behind where we were to where we currently are that our digital economic voice is now gradually being heard.

Bringing African economy to the world is a never ending journey in my opinion because a lot is needed to maintain Africa in the global market as was done to bring her, Africa to the global market.

Flutterwave rightfully prides itself as staying ahead of the industry by challenging it own products and improving on every feature it overs.

Flutterwave has offices in San Fransisco (Headquarters), Lagos, Nairobi, Accra, and Johannesburg.

Flutterwave Products

How does flutterwave serve it teaming clients?

Rave is a flutterwave leading product that makes it super easy to make and accept payments from clients anywhere in the world.

Global business is a very challenging that one has to be constantly up and doing. Rave payment solution makes it easier than its competitors to make secured and reliable payment.

Barter is a system that helps you manage expenses, sending money to loved ones and also in borrowing money. This is to help the user focus on the things that matter more.

Why Choose Flutterwave

Flutterwave covers more than any of its competitors (bwalletpay.com and cashenvoy.com ) and is the most convenient method of making and receiving payment in Nigeria for local and international business.

Comparing their fees leaves you also with no other option than to work with flutterwave.

Gateway      Local  International Withdrawal

Flutterwave  1.4% cap N2000.00   3.8% (if cap N2000, add this to the website) N45 per transaction

Cashenvoy   1.5% + N25.00  3.9% + N26.00   N120 for withdrawals of N4000 or less

Bold wallet    1.5% + N85.00 4.0% + N85.00

Some Flutterwave Clients

According to Flutterwave, these are its clients and what they, flutterwave has to say about each of them:

1. Uber

When Uber decided to step into the African market, the first concern was being able to accept and payout in local currencies that would be beneficial for everyone. With Flutterwave, they were able to focus on the ride-sharing experience, knowing that our secure solid infrastructure would manage verifying transactions and ensuring payouts occurred consistently. We created an inclusive platform that handles marketplaces with ease.

2. Ojet Express

Making your experience abroad feel closer to home with a few clicks. Creating a marketplace of ethnic grocery stores required a reliable payment processing source that can handle user’s local currency, whether they are ordering from Chicago or from Nigeria for Chicago. Our end-to-end payment gateway has the infrastructure to support global marketplaces all under the Flutterwave umbrella of robust security and top performance. Our simple APIs made it easy for OjaExpress to create a flawless checkout experience across their website and app.

3. Flywire

Providing a trusted platform for international studentsBuilding off Flutterwave’s strong payment gateway, Flywire has expanded their global community of students to the African market. Bridging the perilous gap between your home country and your large tuition payments abroad, Flywire can take trusted payments from any country and payout directly to the educational institution. Knowing they have our infrastructure to support growth, they have been able to quickly expand to the healthcare industry.

4. Kiki Kamanu

Payments that set the trend: When designer Kiki Kamanu was ready to bring her distinctive chic looks online, Flutterwave allowed her to reach her global following with the payment methods and multi-language support they needed. Because Flutterwave has developed integrations that allow small business and entrepreneurs to make the most of their online experience, she was able to easily set up our dashboard with her Shopify account.