Building Africa's most reliable payment infrastructure
Delivering world-class financial innovation to the global market
Fast. Secure. Global. Proudly African.
Our Features
Middle-Layer Payment API for Banks
Instant Financial Routing & Switching
Secure Paytaq ID Payments
Fraud-Prevention & Transaction Monitoring
Multi-Bank Integration
Scalable Architecture for Enterprises
High-Availability & 24/7 Performance
Paytaq is a next-generation payment infrastructure company
Built to simplify, secure, and modernize the way people and businesses move money. We build the middle-layer technology that powers banks, fintechs, and enterprises—giving them reliable rails for fast and secure payments.
Our core belief is simple: Africa deserves world-class technology, and the world deserves to experience innovation from Africa.
Vision
To build Africa's most reliable payment infrastructure and deliver world-class financial innovation to the global market.
Mission
To make payments simple, secure, and accessible for everyone — empowering people, protecting their interests, and showcasing Africa's capacity for global innovation.
Jonah Yakubu
A visionary entrepreneur passionate about building global-standard products from Africa. With a mission to simplify payments, protect people's interests, and redefine African innovation, he leads Paytaq with excellence, ambition, and a global mindset.
What We Stand For
Reliability
Integrity
Security
Global Innovation
Customer Protection
Excellence
African Pride
Our Partners
Viitpay
Consumer payment platform
Future Banking Partners
Banks integrating Paytaq APIs
Corporate Partners
Merchants and enterprises using our rails
Our Plans
Expand Paytaq infrastructure across Africa
Build multi-currency support
Launch global settlement and routing systems
Onboard more banks and financial partners
Develop advanced fraud-detection AI
Create global-ready payment products from Africa
Welcome to the Paytaq Developers Hub
Our platform provides modern, secure APIs that allow banks, fintechs, and enterprises to build seamless payment experiences.
What developers can do:
Integrate Paytaq APIs for routing & switching
Generate and validate Paytaq IDs
Access real-time transaction monitoring
Build financial apps powered by Paytaq infrastructure
Use webhook events for instant notifications
Authentication
- Secure API keys
- OAuth-based developer authentication
Endpoints
Webhook Events
SDKs
Sandbox
- A fully safe environment for testing integrations
- Mirrors real production behaviour
Support
Dedicated developer support team
24/7 incident reporting
Integration engineers available for enterprise partners