About ŌgiAfrica

Building the financial
infrastructure Africa deserves.

Founded in Tanzania. Built for the continent. Committed to interoperability that works for everyone — from corner shops to central banks.

Why Tanzania

An infrastructure gap worth closing.

Tanzania is one of East Africa's fastest-growing economies — and its payment infrastructure is at an inflection point. Mobile money penetration is among the highest on the continent, yet interoperability between networks remains fragmented, costly, and slow. At the same time, the country has a progressive regulatory environment. The Bank of Tanzania's NPS framework actively encourages innovation, and the country sits at the intersection of East, Central and Southern African trade corridors. We chose to build here because the infrastructure gap is real — and closing it creates value for millions of people.

35M+
Active mobile money accounts in Tanzania
$48B+
Annual mobile money volume · growing 22% YoY
40%
Tanzanian adults without a formal bank account
650K+
Registered mobile money agents — 10× bank branches
Values

Five commitments that shape every decision.

01

Infrastructure mindset

We build for reliability, scale and longevity — not demos. Every design decision is made with production traffic in mind.

02

African-first

Products designed for Tanzanian and East African market realities — variable connectivity, diverse rails, cash-centric economies.

03

Radical transparency

Pricing, uptime and incidents published openly. We communicate problems before customers notice them.

04

Compliance as feature

Regulatory compliance is a product feature, not a checkbox. We invest ahead of requirements so our customers can too.

05

Partnership

We grow when our partners grow. Revenue share is the default, not the exception.

Leadership

A small team with a large mandate.

JF
Joachim Ferdinand
Founder & CEO

Operator and founder with deep Tanzanian market context. Builds category-defining infrastructure companies.

CT
Chief Technology Officer
CTO

Distributed systems engineer with payments domain experience at scale.

CC
Chief Compliance Officer
CCO

Regulatory specialist with Bank of Tanzania and FIU background.

VE
VP Engineering
VP Eng

API and platform engineering leader from a leading African fintech.

Leadership profiles pending publication — photos and full bios will be added prior to public launch.

Careers

Join us in building Africa's payment future.

We are a small team with a large mandate. If you want to work on genuinely hard infrastructure problems that matter for millions of people, we would love to hear from you.

Office & registration

Where to find us.

Legal nameOgiAfrica Company Limited
RegistrationTanzania company no. 191303946
HeadquartersRegent Business Park, Chwaku Street, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Email[email protected]
Phone+255 746 400 055
Let's build together

Partner with us, join the team, or just say hello.