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ePayment for Africa

There is a huge demand for ePayment systems in Africa connecting countries within the continent and connecting the continent to the rest of the world.

Have you resided in Africa and felt cut out from the rest of the world unable to transact business online, sometimes in spite of all your knowledge and money? [...]

A giant from Africa

Africa has a few giants. Some are giants in small frames who have taken on big dreams and left indelible trails; others are giants in size and in their commitment to making a difference. Dikembe Mutombo, a 7-2ft ex-NBA player, is in the latter category. Raising money to build a first class hospital (that employs [...]

Sending Money Home to Africa

For years, the African remittance market has exhibited a low level of competition with only two major money transfer companies controlling 65 per cent of all remittance payout locations. This scenario creates an irony where the people who need help the most (the hardworking immigrants in foreign lands and the families & loved ones [...]

Show love; Send money home via PayLid

A young man was having some money problems having recently lost his job at a bank; he had run out of people to borrow from, to set up a small airtime resell business to feed his young family while he hussled for a proper job. He decided to call his Aunty in the US through [...]

Send money to home: Daddy got the joke

A US based immigrant who has his family back home received a not-so-subtle letter from his son, a college student back in Africa, hinting at his need for money.
Correspondence from son away at college to his father:

Dear Father,

$chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With all my [...]

Payment alternatives to Africa

Gloabal migration trends have continued even as world economic growth slowed down in 2008 and stabilized in 2009. People continue to move outside their countries of origin in search of better economic opportunities and self actualization. Some choose the new place where they find themselves to be their home and banish any thoughts of maintaining [...]

Welcome to PayLid

Have you sent money home to build a house and had your uncle use your hard earned dollars to marry yet another wife? Would you love to send money directly into your bank account or that of your loved ones at home from the comfort of your house anywhere in the world?, Or pay for [...]