Zero-fee mobile money for West Africa
Wave is a Senegal-based mobile money platform offering zero-fee money transfers and payments across Senegal, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Uganda, and Mali. Became Francophone West Africa's first unicorn in 2021 with a $1.7B valuation.
Founded
2017Headquarters
Dakar, Senegal / San Francisco, CAFounders
Drew Durbin, Lincoln QuirkValuation
$1.7B (unicorn, 2021)Key Investors
Founders Fund, Sequoia Heritage, Stripe, PartechBanking-as-a-Service API for Nigerian fintechs
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