Cellulant
Cellulant is a leading Pan-African payments company providing a single API platform for seamless digital collections, payouts, and cross-border transactions.
- Founded
- 2004
- Headquarters
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Employees
- 343
- Sector
- Financial Services
About Cellulant
Founded in 2004, Cellulant operates as a major financial services provider in Africa, offering a unified digital payment access point through its Tingg platform. The company connects global, regional, and local merchants with over 200 payment methods, including mobile money, bank transfers, and international cards to simplify business growth.
The platform currently processes over 4.5 million transactions daily for market leaders across diverse industries such as airlines, telecoms, e-commerce, and retail. With a workforce distributed across multiple countries, the firm focuses on building a secure payment ecosystem that enables businesses to collect payments both online and offline.
What they do
Cellulant provides a single API payment platform that allows businesses to collect payments, send payouts, and manage reconciliations across Africa. Its Tingg platform integrates cards, bank transfers, and mobile money to facilitate commerce for global and local brands.
Highlights
- Processes over 4.5 million daily transactions for sectors like telecoms, e-commerce, and ride-hailing.
- Offers access to 200+ payment methods across 35 countries through its Tingg platform.
- Secured $47.5 million in Series C funding in 2018, led by The Rise Fund.
- Maintains a physical presence and offices in 18 to 24 African countries.
- Serves major industries including airlines, retail, remittances, and software-as-a-service.
- Reported annual revenue of approximately $261.2 million.
Talent and hiring
The company employs a large technical team, including roles for Technical Leads and Security Engineers. Other frequent hiring areas include sales, finance, operations, and regulatory affairs.
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