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About

Built by Africans,
for Africans.

Lumens Money is an African-first, privacy-native fintech platform that fuses Signal-grade end-to-end encrypted messaging with a non-custodial multi-asset crypto wallet and compliant fiat payment rails.

The core thesis: Money should move as freely as a message. Lumens eliminates the boundary between conversation and transaction — users send encrypted messages and GHS, ZAR, XLM, or USDC in the same thread, settling on Stellar in seconds at near-zero cost.

1.4B
Africans targeted by 2030
4
Markets: SA, Ghana, Rwanda, Nigeria
1–2%
Fee vs. 8–12% market average

Our Values

Privacy by Design

E2EE on every message and transaction. No surveillance capitalism. User keys, user control.

African Ownership

Built by Africans. Ghanaian-owned, SA-based. Structured for continental expansion from day one.

Radical Inclusion

Works on 2G. Works with USSD. Built for informal traders and smartphone users equally.

Regulatory Trust

Proactive compliance — FSCA, SARB, BOG, BNR, CBN. We seek licences before customers, not after.

Our Markets

MarketPhaseCorridorRail
🇿🇦 South AfricaLaunchSA ↔ GHPaystack + VALR
🇬🇭 GhanaQ4 2026GH ↔ SAZeepay + GHIPSS
🇷🇼 RwandaYear 1RW ↔ SAVia GH passport
🇳🇬 NigeriaYear 3NG ↔ SA/GHPAPSS + CBN