Our DNA
Bizao is a Fintech whose head office is in Paris and which operates in around ten African countries. We have a human-sized team of more than eighty people distributed between our offices in Paris, Abidjan, Dakar, Kinshasa, Douala and Tunis.
Connect Businesses to the Payment Hub
Our mission is to support local and international companies to accelerate their growth through the digitalization of payments.
Since 2019, Bizao has signed more than 30 partnerships with telecom operators, banks and mobile money operators in Africa. This coverage has allowed us to build the only payment hub in Africa, allowing companies to accept bank cards, mobile money and telephone credit as means of payment.
Already covering 200 million end customers, Bizao supports more than six hundred and ninety-two companies in the digitalization of their online and in-store payment flows. To ensure end-to-end traceability of transactions, our platform, which processes 36.7 billion requests per year, makes it possible to meet the growing requirements of banks and regulators in the fight against terrorism and anti-money laundering, because we have implemented implements rigorous compliance methods.
To succeed in the many challenges we face, our company has adopted five values: audacity, kindness, diversity, social commitment and excellence.
We have the privilege of being supported in the development of our company by prestigious investors such as AfricInvest, Adelie and Seedstar Africa Ventures.
Our evolution
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- 2022
Bizao has seen a major expansion of its digital financial services through strategic partnerships and bold initiatives.
- Fundraising of 8 million euros
- Integration of Wave Ivory Coast
integration of Wave Ivory Coast has consolidated its presence in West Africa. Additionally, the company achieved a significant milestone by raising €8 million to accelerate its growth and strengthen its position as a leader in digital payments in Africa, wisely investing these funds in the expansion of its technology infrastructure and of its reach on the continent.
- 2021
Bizao continued its growth trajectory, strengthening its position as a fintech leader in Africa with a multiplication of partnerships, based on mutual trust
- An expansion of more than 14 partnerships.
- 2020
Bizao continued its transformation of the digital payments ecosystem in Africa
- With 47 committed employees
- Going from 4 to 10 partner telecom operators
- Introducing the bank card alongside Mobile Money
- 2019
Founded by passionate minds, the company began its journey with
- 8 employees
- Launch of Direct Carrier Billing and Mobile Money services in partnership with an operator.
