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Tingo Mobile

“Can a Nigerian mobile-agriculture platform bundle POS payments, wallet, and lending into a super-app for African SMEs and farmers?”

Founded2000
HQLagos, Nigeria
IndustryFintech / Mobile payments

The story

Tingo Mobile positions itself as an Agri-Fintech based in Nigeria, operating TingoPay (payments/POS) and Nwassa (agricultural marketplace) as its core products. It became a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed Tingo Group in 2022. The company was subsequently the subject of an SEC fraud action against Tingo Group challenging the substance of its operations, casting significant doubt on the real scale of its embedded finance footprint.

Last 12 months

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Product timeline

2000

Tingo Mobile founded in Nigeria as a mobile technology company.· founding

2022

Launched Tingo Pay SuperApp, a multi-payment financial application for SMEs and bank customers.· banking

2022

Parent Tingo Group listed on Nasdaq under ticker TIO (10-K for FY2022).· ipo

2023

Tingo Group faced SEC fraud allegations calling into question the veracity of reported financials and customer counts.· regulatory

The stack

2 layers disclosed in Tingo Mobile’s embedded-finance stack

Payments / PSP

TingoPay (self-operated)

Lending

in the full report

Accounting gap: significant

1 more provider across 1 layer, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.

Tingo Mobile — frequently asked

Who is Tingo Mobile's payment processor?

Tingo Mobile processes payments through TingoPay (self-operated).

What is Tingo Mobile's embedded finance stack?

The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 2 layers in Tingo Mobile's stack: Payments / PSP (TingoPay (self-operated)); Lending (Tingo Pay SuperApp SME financial services).

Where is Tingo Mobile headquartered?

Tingo Mobile is founded in 2000 and headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria.

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