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Cellulant

Can a single-API pan-African payment aggregator become the universal embedded finance operating layer connecting global enterprises to Africa's fragmented payment rails?

Founded2004
HQNairobi, Kenya
Total raised$54.5M
IndustryFintech / Cross-border payments
The story

Cellulant was founded in 2004 and evolved from a mobile content/VAS provider into Africa's leading pan-African payments company. Its Tingg platform consolidates 200+ payment methods (mobile money, cards, bank transfer, USSD) across 24+ African countries into a single API for enterprise merchants. The company has explored embedding lending services for its SME merchant base through Tingg, signalling a push beyond pure payments infrastructure into broader embedded finance.

Last 12 months
Product timeline
2004
Founded as a Pan-African digital payments company headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.· pivot
2018
Launched Tingg, a single-API pan-African payments platform covering collections, payouts, and reconciliation across 35+ African countries.· banking
2024
Published updated merchant contractual terms and conditions, cementing the Tingg platform as the commercial gateway for cross-border payments across Africa.· banking
The stack
Payments / PSP
Tingg by Cellulant (self-operated)
Lending
Merchant lending (under consideration)
FX & payouts
Tingg by Cellulant (self-operated)
Accounting gap: none