According to the report of Mckinsey, there are approx 300-400 million internet users in Africa and by 2030 Africa would be able to access the internet across the continent by the initiative taken by the multiple organizations like United Nations and few private foundations.
Africa has more than $24 billion in revenue generated through E-commerce by 2021 and expected to cross $37 billion by 2024.
South Africa | Nigeria | Kenya dominates the E-commerce market amongst all of the African countries.

Africa has its drawbacks too like poor logistics, digital trust issues, weak infrastructure and so on but after night dawn has to come.
Women are also stepping into the businesses across Africa in order to support their family which automatically provide employment to the other people’s and also supporting through buying the local African products.

Published by J. Clement, Mar 10, 2020
The government also plans to draft a policy for the protection of consumers over online purchasing. A partnership between Paypal and Safaricom helped the use of digital payments in Kenya and other parts of Africa through the use of the Mpesa wallet.
So today we will discuss with you the best E-commerce payment gateways available in Africa that any individual or business can move with.
Do remember to check out the payment methods | MDR | Payout timings before moving with any of them.
Best E-commerce payment gateways in Africa
- Flutterwave
- 2checkout
- Dusupay
- Paystack
- PayU
- Peachpayments
- Payfast
- Paygate
- Bitpay
- ipayAfrica
- Paypal
- Skrill
- Voguepay
- Cashenvoy
- GTpay
Useful resources
Ways to help African e-commerce by World Economic Forum
It is our responsibility to lift up the countries and people who need our help the most, so run your E-commerce journey in Africa through these best E-commerce payment gateways in Africa.
USA Business will provide a free consultation to the African Entrepreneurs.
Thanks for sharing best payment gateway list. I applied for Voguepay payment gateway and got approved but I can’t integration. I contacted with Voguepay support but they didn’t reply.
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