Company overview

We're making Africa the first cashless continent.In 2017, nearly 60% of adults in sub-Saharan Africa had no bank account. That's for good reason—the fees are too high, the closest branch can be miles away, and nobody takes cards. Without access to financial institutions, people are forced to keep their savings under the mattress. Small business owners rely on lenders who charge extortionate rates. Parents spend hours waiting in line to pay school fees in cash.We're solving this by building financial services that just work: no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere. In places where electricity, water and roads don't always work, you can still send money with Wave. In November 2017, we launched a mobile app in Senegal for cash deposit, withdrawal, and peer-to-peer and business payments. In 2019, we expanded to Cote D'Ivoire. Now, we have millions of users and are growing fast. Our goal is to drive financial inclusion and make Africa the first cashless continent.
Founded in 2017
Arrondissement de Mbadakhoune, Kaolack Region, SEN
4.9K employees (99 in marketing)
0% recommend to a friend
0% positive business outlook

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People

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

8 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +22.1% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$438.7M

Last raise

$137M

Debt Financing, 9 months ago

Funding history

Jun 2025

Debt Financing Wave Mobile Money · $137M

Jul 2022

Debt Financing Wave Mobile Money · $91.7M

Jan 2022

Venture Round Wave Mobile Money · $10M

Sep 2021

Series A Wave Mobile Money · $200M

Jan 2016

Seed Round Wave Mobile Money

Jan 2015

Angel Round Wave Mobile Money

Audience

Monthly website visitors
503.7K
Month over month+6.8%
Quarter over quarter+2.5%
Top sourceDirect (50.4%)
Ad budget per month$0.0
Average search rank58.1
Traffic source mix
Direct
50.4%
Search
31%
Referral
15.6%
Social
2.3%
Paid referral
0.6%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

235.8K

12-mo growth

+44.6%

Monthly growth

+2.9%

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