Cellulant

Cellulant is a leading Pan-African payments company providing locally relevant and alternative payment methods for global, regional, and local merchants. Its Tingg platform provides a single digital payments access point addressing complex payment needs across Africa, processing over 1 million transactions daily. The platform connects thousands of businesses with 154 payment options across 35 countries and facilitates cross-border payments, mobile money disbursements, airtime payments, and bank transfers. Founded in 2004 by Ken Njoroge and Bolaji Akinboro, Cellulant has office presence in 18 African countries. The company closed a $47.5M Series C in 2018, which was the largest amount ever raised by a fintech entity in Africa at the time.