Payaza founder and CEO Seyi Ebenezer (IMG: Seyi Ebenezer on LinkedIn)“Africans in the UK, US, and Canada live in these wallets,” Ebenezer explained. While Apple Pay transactions on Payaza are currently driven primarily by diaspora and international customers (since Apple hasn’t fully opened local card issuance in most African markets), Google Pay already functions as a domestic payment tool. For Apple Pay, it’s about capturing diaspora inflows now while waiting for inevitable local wallet expansion across the continent. “If a Kenyan SaaS company or a Nigerian hotelier cannot accept Apple Pay, they lose the sale,” Ebenezer noted. For merchants using Payaza, the Google Pay and Apple Pay integration requires no additional technical work and is automatically available through the platform’s existing API and merchant dashboard.