Flutterwave has closed one of the most challenging links in global digital payments for most African merchants and creators: inability to receive payments from Paypal. Yes, you can pay but you are not allowed to receive, until now. According to the company, it has a “ collaboration with global payment leader PayPal to enable PayPal customers globally to pay African merchants in the continent through Flutterwave’s platform.
The collaboration will be instrumental in supporting SMEs and freelancers to overcome the many challenges presented by the highly fragmented and complex payment and banking infrastructure, as well as connecting them with more than 377 million PayPal account holders globally.” This is monumental as more people can reach the Western Europe and American customers, out of Africa.
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The press release
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, today announces a new collaboration with global payment leader PayPal to enable PayPal customers globally to pay African merchants in the continent through Flutterwave’s platform. The collaboration will be instrumental in supporting SMEs and freelancers to overcome the many challenges presented by the highly fragmented and complex payment and banking infrastructure, as well as connecting them with more than 377 million PayPal account holders globally.
Traditionally, Africa’s ecommerce ecosystem has lacked suitable payment solutions to meet demand for seamless transactions worldwide, further constraining its contributions to the global digital economy. However, this collaboration eliminates significant barriers that have previously hindered African consumers and businesses from the untapped potential of cross-border ecommerce.
Flutterwave has transformed the payments space in Africa by offering flexible, quick and affordable payment services to individuals and businesses across the continent. As of today, African businesses have even more access to sell to global customers using PayPal’s secure platform to receive and make payments online. Cross-border ecommerce continues to provide significant growth opportunities for Africa’s economy. Research firm Statista estimates that the total value of ecommerce in Africa generated $16.5 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach $29 billion by 2022. This growth potential will provide many opportunities for SMEs and freelancers worldwide, subsequently increasing Africa’s share of global trade.
This announcement solidifies Flutterwave’s position as the global African payments partner of choice for multinationals looking to enter new markets, further reassuring new and existing merchants and investors of Flutterwave’s global capabilities, secured platform and high standards of safety.
Speaking on the announcement, Olugbenga ‘GB’ Agboola, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Flutterwave, said: “We are excited to bring PayPal’s fully integrated services to businesses across Africa. The collaboration reinforces our vision of creating a seamless digital payments system for Africa’s business communities that can now transact with international consumers.
“By working with PayPal, we can further strengthen our commitment to our customers and service users as we will be enabling them to transact and expand their business operations to reach new markets. PayPal’s global reach is unrivalled and collaborating with them allows our customers to explore new markets where PayPal is embedded.
“Through our collaboration with PayPal, we are also bringing together two trusted global payment brands to provide millions of consumers and businesses a gateway to new opportunities,” he said.
Since inception, Flutterwave has processed over 140 million transactions worth over USD $9 billion worldwide and continues to expand its footprint to ensure consumers and merchants receive the best-in-class digital payment service. This collaboration further underscores its commitment to ensuring merchants have vast opportunities to deliver services and conveniently transact through its platform.
Just last year 2020, PayPal‘s 377 million+ users made transactions that saw PayPal end the year with a $936 billion total payment volume for the year 2020. This trillion dollar opportunity didn’t include most African businesses until this new integration between Flutterwave and PayPal.
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It’s a very important and strategic one, if everything works seamlessly. Nothing devalues a society more than being isolated from economic opportunities, the consequences are far reaching.
As always, the rise of Nigeria is dependent on rise of great entrepreneurs, so anyone waiting on confused government and politicians will have to wait forever.
The CBN is going about begging for dollar inflows, yet in its might and all knowing posturing, it couldn’t help Nigerians to receive payments across the globe, via PayPal, but it needed more dollars…
Our only hope here is those who are working everyday to fix countless frictions we have here, they need all the support and goodwill, they are the real Honourable, Excellency and Distinguished; those titles aren’t meant for thieves and idiots, it’s an aberration to address a thief as Honourable.
Good one from Team Flutterwave, keep them coming…
This is the Sweetest news I heard today. Great job Team Flutterwave! From crossing the $1 billion valuation and achieving the Unicorn Status to this great achievement, you have made yourself the Pride of the African Entrepreneurs who sometimes have to use short-cuts to set up Paypal account.
This is surely the beginning of greater things for the African Ecommerce Landscape.
You surely rock Flutterwave!!!