Cellulant is a leading multinational payments company in Africa enabling businesses to accept digital and mobile payments from their customers.
Our mission is to build a world class, $1B business that digitises payments for Africa’s largest economies.
We strive to provide relevant payment solutions for consumers, businesses and governments that allow them to move their money when and how they want through any digital platform.
As of January 2017, roughly 12% of Africa’s mobile consumers can make payments using Cellulant’s services and products.
Location: Kenya, Nairobi
Employees: 201-500
Total raised: $47.5M
Founded date: 2004
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Satya Capi... | satyacapit... |
| 14.02.2023 | Velocity C... | velocityfi... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 14.05.2018 | Series C | $47.5M | The Rise F... |
Mentions in press and media 12
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 17.04.2024 | Post-CEO exit, Cellulant appoints new leaders, shifts focus ... | Cellulant, the pan-African payments startup valued at $133 million in 2022, has named new executives... | techcabal.... |
| 31.03.2023 | Cellulant’s Payment Processing Platform to Power Online and ... | SAN FRANSISCO, US – African Media Agency – 31 March 2023 – Leading payments technology company, Cell... | africanews... |
| 06.12.2022 | 5 Nigerian agrifintech startups providing digital financial ... | Affordable financing options are a challenge for Africa’s smallholder farmers. A recent report deter... | agfunderne... |
| 18.11.2022 | Daily AI Roundup: Biggest Machine Learning, Robotic And Auto... | This is our AI Daily Roundup today. We are covering the top updates from around the world. The updat... | aithority.... |
| 05.05.2022 | Cellulant and NALA Partner to Power Low-Cost Cross-Border Pa... | Image courtesy of Cellulant and Nala Cellulant and NALA have announced a partnership with the aim to... | appsafrica... |
| 01.03.2022 | ‘African founders, African VCs, solving African problems’: M... | Africa’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market has grown exponentially in recent years, thanks to... | agfunderne... |
| 22.12.2021 | Elevating Digital Payments For a Cashless Future in Africa | Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new ... | appsafrica... |
| 02.12.2021 | Carry1st Partners With Chipper Cash And PayPal For Digital P... | Carry1st Carry1st, Africa’s leading mobile games publisher, today announced it has partnered with on... | techfinanc... |
| 02.12.2021 | Carry1st Partners With Chipper Cash And PayPal For Digital P... | Carry1st | techfinanc... |
| 18.11.2021 | Lake Harvest Zambia Joins the Tingg Digital Payment Ecosyste... | Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new ... | appsafrica... |
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