Payve is now live in 12 African markets. See coverage →
Now live in 12 African markets

Move money across
Africa — fast,
cheap, reliable

Send, collect, and convert money across Africa. Built for individuals and businesses — use the app, or build with one clean API.

No setup feesSandbox includedGo live in 24h

One platform, all your solutions

Supercharge your payment workflows

Explore our family of products designed to work together and power your business — available on your dashboard and via API.

Stop losing money
on bad FX rates

The hidden cost of poor FX rates compounds every time you convert. See how much you save with Payve's real market rates.

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Convert
$
at
Payve rate

You send

$5,000,000

at 1 USD = ₦1,580

Your recipient gets

₦7,900,000,000

with Payve rate

Bank rate difference

+₦300,000,000

more vs bank (1 USD = ₦1,520)

* Indicative rates for illustration only. Actual rates are updated every 30 seconds in the platform.

Get started in minutes

From zero to live
payments in 3 steps

We've removed every unnecessary step between your business and its first cross-border payment.

01

Create account

Sign up and get verified in minutes. Instant access to the sandbox environment with test API keys, mock webhooks, and simulated payment flows.

No credit card required. Start integrating immediately.

02

Fund your wallet

Deposit in any supported currency via bank transfer or card. Your multi-currency balances are visible in the dashboard and the API instantly.

Supports NGN, GHS, KES, USD, GBP, EUR and more.

03

Send or collect

Trigger payins, payouts, or FX conversions in seconds via API or dashboard. Batch thousands of transactions in a single call.

Average settlement: under 5 seconds.

Built for cross-border business

Made for the businesses that move money across Africa

From import-export SMEs to online marketplaces, schools and exporters — Payve is built to send, collect, and convert across African corridors with one clean API.

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Hospitality & travel

Cross-border payments, one platform

Hotels, lodges & travel operators

Host guests from around the world and pay overseas suppliers without wrestling with your bank. Collect in local currency and settle abroad from one place.

Multi-currencycollect locally, pay suppliers abroad

Import & export SMEs

Cross-border payments, one platform

Businesses moving goods across borders

Pay international suppliers and get paid by overseas buyers, with FX converted at transparent rates so your margins stay predictable order to order.

Fair FXconvert at transparent rates

Education providers

Cross-border payments, one platform

Schools & training institutions

Collect tuition and fees from families living abroad with simple payment links, in the currencies your students actually pay in.

Payment linkscollect fees from families abroad

NGOs & development orgs

Cross-border payments, one platform

Organisations paying across countries

Disburse to partners, field teams and beneficiaries across multiple markets in a single batch, with clear status on every transfer.

Batch payoutsdisburse across many countries

E-commerce & marketplaces

Cross-border payments, one platform

Online marketplaces & platforms

Collect from buyers and pay out to sellers across African corridors, automated end to end through one clean API.

One APIcollect from buyers, pay sellers

Agriculture & commodity exporters

Cross-border payments, one platform

Exporters & producers

Get paid by overseas buyers and convert into your local currency at fair, upfront rates — so planning does not depend on guessing the exchange rate.

Send · Collect · Convertthe full cross-border toolkit
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Who it's for

Built for how Africa does business across borders

Wherever money needs to move between African markets — and in and out of them — Payve gives you one way to send, collect, and convert it.

Import & export SMEs

Pay suppliers and settle invoices across African corridors without the delays and hidden spreads of the old banking rails.

E-commerce & marketplaces

Collect from buyers in one currency and pay out to sellers in another, with a single API and a clean reconciliation trail.

Freelancers & remote teams

Get paid — and pay contractors — across borders in the currency each side wants, at rates you can actually see.

Diaspora & remittances

Move money home to family and businesses across the continent, quickly and transparently.

NGOs & development orgs

Disburse to field teams and partners in multiple countries with an auditable record of every movement.

SaaS & digital businesses

Charge customers and settle earnings in multiple currencies from day one, powered by one integration.

Built for developers

Ship your first
cross-border payment
in hours, not weeks

Clean REST API with OpenAPI 3.0 spec, SDKs in TypeScript/Node, Python, and Go. Full sandbox environment, Postman collection, and a support team that actually answers your messages.

Idempotent endpoints — safe to retry on any network failure

Typed webhook payloads with HMAC-SHA256 signatures

Batch APIs for high-volume payout and payin operations

OpenTelemetry traces on every request — correlate end-to-end

import Payve from '@payve/sdk';

const client = new Payve({
  apiKey: process.env.PAYVE_API_KEY!,
});

// Create a payin (virtual account)
const payin = await client.payins.create({
  merchantReference: 'INV-2024-001',
  amount:   500000, // NGN 5,000.00
  currency: 'NGN',
  customer: {
    name:  'Amara Osei',
    email: 'amara@example.com',
  },
});

console.log(payin.virtualAccount.number);
// → "0123456789" (receive payment here)

Start building today

The treasury and payments
layer Africa deserves

Send, collect, and convert money across African corridors — with one clean API, FX you can see, and a ledger you can trust.

No credit card required · Free sandbox · Go live in days