Why RohoPay
Payments built for Africa, by people who live here
Most gateways were designed for card-first Western markets and bolted mobile money on later. RohoPay starts with East Africa — then makes the developer experience world-class.
RohoPay
Access a complete payments platform with simple, developer-first pricing. No setup fees, monthly fees, or hidden fees.
EA mobile money & card integration is free — the transaction fee is the only one charged
Typical gateway
Most regional gateways were built for card-first Western markets and bolted mobile money on later, at a cost.
East-Africa native
MTN MoMo, Airtel Money, M-Pesa and Visa/MC in one integration — with local settlement and support in your timezone. No foreign intermediaries, no FX surprises.
- UG, KE, TZ, RW coverage
- Local currency settlement
- Support that knows the market
Developer first
RESTful APIs with idempotency and signed webhooks, native SDKs for Python, PHP, Node.js and Go, an in-browser playground, and a live webhook simulator. Go live in under 15 minutes.
- 4 official SDKs
- Interactive API playground
- Webhook simulator + verification guide
Never down
Automatic provider failover routes traffic away from a struggling provider in milliseconds using a Redis-backed circuit breaker and weighted round-robin. Your checkout keeps working when a network blinks.
- Sub-second failover
- Multi-provider redundancy
- Real-time status page
Transparent pricing
One flat 1% commission. No setup fees, no monthly platform fees, no hidden charges. Test mode is free forever so you can ship with confidence before a single shilling moves.
- 1% flat commission
- No monthly fees
- Free sandbox
How we compare
Side by side against a typical regional payment gateway.
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