Cairo — July 2025 — Fintech innovator Paysky, headquartered in Egypt, has officially expanded its payment technology into all eight member states of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). In parallel, the company has struck a mobile commerce partnership with telecom giant MTN in Uganda, further diversifying its reach across Africa.

Building Pan-African E‑Commerce Infrastructure

Paysky’s rollout across the UEMOA region—including Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, Niger, and Guinea-Bissau—delivers a unified e-commerce payment gateway. This enables merchants to accept payments from local bank cards, mobile wallets, and mobile money accounts, reducing fragmentation and simplifying payment acceptance for online and offline businesses.

By establishing this presence, Paysky positions itself as a key platform for regional brands and cross-border platforms seeking a seamless, currency-stable integration point in French-speaking West Africa.

Mobile Commerce Meets Telecom in East Africa

In Uganda, Paysky has entered a strategic collaboration with MTN, one of the country’s leading telecom operators. This partnership enables MTN’s customer base to access Paysky’s gateway for online and in‑store payments via MTN’s mobile money service. Through the integration, MTN subscribers can make e-commerce transactions without needing a bank account—a vital leap forward in financial inclusion.

This move aligns with a broader push across the continent toward embedded finance, where telecom-led payment ecosystems serve as the backbone for commerce and financial services.

Strategic Drivers and Market Impact

Paysky’s dual expansion strategy rests on two key pillars:

  1. Regional integration: By unifying payments across UEMOA, the platform simplifies multi-country transactions and helps merchants manage regulatory diversity with a single integration.

  2. Leveraging telecom reach: The MTN partnership in Uganda taps into Uganda’s high mobile-money adoption—offering frictionless payments to underbanked populations and unlocking new e-commerce growth paths.

Together, these moves reflect Paysky’s ambition to become a pan-African digital payments hub—combining banking-grade reliability with telecom-led accessibility.

Why This Matters

  • Boosting e-commerce: Paysky’s gateway addresses a key obstacle in West and East Africa by enabling easy payments online and offline.

  • Promoting inclusion: MTN's integration brings online shopping access to millions who rely primarily on mobile money.

  • Strengthening merchant services: The gateway equips SMEs and digital platforms with richer payment insights, fraud protection, and loyalty capabilities.

Through standardized integration and robust telecom partnerships, Paysky is helping lay the critical rails for Africa’s e-commerce economy.

What’s Next

Paysky is now setting its sights on expansion in Anglophone markets, including Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria, where demand for mobile-first payment infrastructure is surging. Future plans aim to enhance its platform with AI-powered fraud monitoring, merchant financing, and localized services like plug-and-play POS systems.

Bottom Line

Paysky’s launch into UEMOA and its MTN collaboration in Uganda mark important milestones in establishing truly continent-wide e-commerce infrastructure. By combining e-wallet support, bank integration, and telecom-linked access, Paysky is primed to drive more inclusive, efficient, and resilient digital commerce across Africa.