Our list of the 5 best payment gateways in Ghana to accept online payments are:
- Paystack
- Flutterwave
- Slydepay
- expressPay
- iPay
You can read a little detail about each company below and choose which to work with, but my favourite personally is Paystack and Flutterwave especially Paystack.
Paystack
Founded in 2015 by Shola Akinlade and Ezra Olubi, Paystack is a Nigerian technology company solving payments problems for ambitious businesses. Their mission is to help businesses in Africa become profitable, envied, and loved.
Trusted by over 60,000 businesses, they launched their services in Ghana this year.
Flutterwave
Founded in 2016 by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Olugbenga Agboola, Flutterwave is another payment processor founded in San Francisco, California. They have the largest footprint of any of the companies we studied.
Their vision is to make it easier for Africans to build global businesses that can make and accept any payment, anywhere from across Africa and around the world.
Slydepay
Slydepay is one of the most popular payment processors according to our 2020 ecommerce in Ghana study and have been been one of the pioneers in the fintech industry.
Founded in 2011 by DreamOval, it was initially called iWallet. They, in partnership with Stanbic Bank, later rebranded and launched the product as Slydepay in 2015.
Stanbic Bank continues to expand the footprint of SlydePay with its introduction in Zimbabwe as well.
expressPay
Founded in 2012 by Curtis Vanderpuije, expressPay defines itself as an ecommerce marketplace and payment gateway provider. They have one of the most popular payment apps in Ghana.
As a payment gateway provider, they are an official Visa Payment Technology Provider (PTP). Their team has a combined experience of 25+ years in developing software and helping solve key problems for market leaders.
iPay
Founded in 2012, iPay is a payments and business management solution that enables businesses and individuals to reach their potential by simplifying their payments, inventory and customer loyalty management.
They have over 5,000 businesses and partners in Ghana that use their platform for receiving payments, managing inventory, paying suppliers, employees and more.
For sure, payment gateways have been come a problem in the tech industry especially making a decision on one, for customer support and other factors regarding charges. These are the best selected so far according to our analysis and experience.
