About Tanopay
One coin,
passed between people.
A payment is the moment one person gives and another receives. Tanopay exists to make that moment easy for every African creator and the people who back them.
Why we exist
Big audiences. No way to get paid.
Creators in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia have large followings on TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Telegram and WhatsApp. Teachers, Quran tutors, English coaches, business mentors and news pages already run groups.
But the money tools built for creators elsewhere don't reach them. So they share a mobile money number, check screenshots, and add and remove people by hand.
Every creator already has their people. Tanopay makes it easy for those people to pay them.
What we value
Four promises we keep.
Local first
Mobile money and local currencies before anything else. Built for Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia, not adapted later.
Fair
Clear fees, shown before anyone pays. No small print.
Fast
Paid, added and settled in moments, not days.
Clean
No gambling, no adult content, no “guaranteed profit” schemes. That's how we keep partners on your side.
How we talk
Like a friend who knows money.
Warm
Creators and fans are family. We say “your people”, not “your users”.
Plain
Short words, short sentences. Fees in numbers, never in small print.
Sure
We say what happens and when. No hype, no “guaranteed” anything.
Local
Somali, Swahili, Amharic and English. Shillings, birr and dollars.
We say
“Hodan sent you $3. Welcome her to the class.”
We don't say
“Incoming transaction received from user #48213.”
How we're built
A technology company on licensed rails.
Tanopay builds the product and the creator relationship. Licensed payment providers and a banking partner move and hold the money. As we grow, we'll apply for our own licence.
Fans and brands
Pay through a creator's Tanopay page with mobile money, cards or USDT.
Tanopay
Pages, the groups bot, products, wallet app, content review and support.
Licensed partners
Collect and pay out; a banking partner holds balances and issues the card.
Build it with us.
Creators, payment partners and investors: we'd love to talk.