Waza Blog · Jun 2025
Waza announced it was granted an International Money Transfer Operator licence by the Central Bank of Nigeria, expanding its regulated remittance capabilities in Nigeria.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Waza is a B2B global payments and treasury management platform for emerging market businesses, helping companies manage cross-border payments, FX liquidity, invoicing, and treasury operations through APIs and a web platform.
Primary product
Global payments and treasury management platform (including Lync multi-currency banking/accounts and API-based cross-border payments)
Founded
2023
Headquarters
New York, New York, United States; registered address in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
Team size
10-20
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Financial Services
Sub-industry
B2B cross-border payments and treasury infrastructure
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Offices
Business model
Leadership
Co-founder & CEO
Co-founder & CTO
Chinonso Ohakwe
Head of Business Operations
Susan Ade-Ilesanmi
Head, FX Trading & Payments
Muyiwa Babarinde
Head of Marketing & Growth
Investors
Values emphasize ownership, innovation, service, transparency, integrity, and collaboration, with a customer-first and experimentation-oriented culture.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
No public salary band was found. Public signals suggest competitive compensation and bonus potential, but exact pay is not disclosed.
Benefits
Pricing
FX spread plus a 0.75% to 1% take rate; additional pricing for platform/API and treasury services is not publicly detailed.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Under $1M annually (LinkedIn estimate)
Waza Blog · Jun 2025
Waza announced it was granted an International Money Transfer Operator licence by the Central Bank of Nigeria, expanding its regulated remittance capabilities in Nigeria.
TechMoran · Jan 2025
Coverage of Waza’s launch of Lync, a multi-currency account platform supporting several currencies and payments to more than 100 countries.
IT News Africa · Jan 2025
Reports on the launch of Lync, Waza’s multi-currency account platform for businesses in emerging markets.
Waza Blog · Aug 2024
Waza announced $8 million in combined equity and debt financing and said it had served hundreds of businesses.
TechCrunch · Aug 2024
TechCrunch covered Waza’s $8 million round, expansion plans beyond Ghana and Nigeria, and its target customer segments.