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.
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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
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
Offices
New York, New York, United States
Lagos, Nigeria
Ghana
Nigeria
Business model
FX spreads
transaction take rate
API/platform usage
trade finance / invoice financing
Funding
People & investors
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
Work & culture
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
Health insurance
Gym memberships
Paid parental leave
Paid annual leave
Employee pension plans
Mentorship
Career advancement support
Flexible work arrangements
Product & market
Pricing
FX spread plus a 0.75% to 1% take rate; additional pricing for platform/API and treasury services is not publicly detailed.
Differentiators
- —Built for emerging-market businesses with limited access to hard currency
- —Supports USD, EUR, GBP and local rails
- —API-first global payments and treasury infrastructure
- —Invoice and receivables management features
- —Trade finance pilot/invoice financing beta
- —Regulatory footing including MSB registration and CBN IMTO licensing
Technology
APIs
web platform
multi-currency banking infrastructure
dashboard for reconciliation
invoice management
customizable invoicing
virtual account APIs
fraud prevention tools
real-time monitoring
ISO compliance
PCI DSS compliance
Customers
Emerging market businesses
African businesses
Importers
Traders
Multinational organizations
Fintechs
Developers
Large enterprise clients
Technology companies
Competitors
Payoneer
Remitly
Wise
traditional banks
local cross-border payment providers
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Under $1M annually (LinkedIn estimate)
Latest news
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.
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