Regional processor · Africa
Does Flutterwave work in Tanzania?
Flutterwave onboards businesses registered in Tanzania.
What a business in Tanzania can use
Flutterwave’s products, for a company incorporated in Tanzania.
Online payment acceptance through checkout, payment links, invoices, a store builder and POS. Local methods include cards, bank transfer, bank account debit, USSD, mobile money and M-Pesa, depending on currency. Flutterwave says it collects in 30+ currencies.
Transfers from your balance to bank accounts, mobile money or other Flutterwave accounts, singly or in bulk, plus cash pickup in Egypt. Bank transfer guides cover Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and international USD, EUR and GBP. Egypt bank transfers are off by default.
Virtual account numbers for receiving NGN and GHS bank transfers (by default for merchants in Nigeria and Ghana; others must ask). NGN-only wallets (payout subaccounts) can be created for your users. Flutterwave also holds a Nigerian microfinance banking licence and offers a Flutterwave MFB business account.
Flutterwave Issuing: virtual dollar and naira cards via dashboard or API, and physical naira cards for customers or employees (contact sales). Country eligibility is not stated.
Stablecoin wallets and transfers: fund a USDC/USDT/RLUSD wallet from NGN, USD, GBP, EUR or GHS balances and send to wallet addresses on Solana, Ethereum, Base or Polygon.
Flutterwave does not offer this.
Flutterwave publishes onboarding requirements for businesses in 12 named countries (Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, the US and the UK) and for 'the rest of the world'. It does not say which products rest-of-world accounts can use.
Onboarding confidence: medium. Source: Flutterwave support: Onboarding (per-country requirement articles). Everything about Flutterwave
Alternatives in Tanzania
Other providers that serve businesses registered there.
Pay people abroad
Stablecoins
Yield on idle cash
Selling to Tanzania
How people there prefer to pay online.
- 1M-Pesa (Vodacom)
- 2Airtel Money
- 3Tigo Pesa
- 4Cash
Stablecoin rules in Tanzania
We have not reviewed the stablecoin rules here yet.
Flutterwave’s stablecoin products are available to businesses here.
Common questions
Does Flutterwave work in Tanzania?
Yes. Flutterwave onboards businesses registered in Tanzania.
Which Flutterwave products can a business in Tanzania use?
accept payments, pay people abroad, multi-currency account, business cards and stablecoins.
What are the alternatives to Flutterwave in Tanzania?
Providers that onboard businesses registered in Tanzania: Payoneer, Bridge, Paddle, Polar, Gumroad, FastSpring and Dodo Payments. With limits: Creem, Razorpay and Xendit.
Can a business in Tanzania use Flutterwave for stablecoins?
Yes, according to our data. Stablecoin rules in Tanzania: Not yet reviewed (risk not assessed). We have not reviewed the stablecoin rules here yet.
Flutterwave elsewhere in Africa