Ivorypay, a crypto payments infrastructure startup focused on Africa, has joined the Circle Alliance Program, with Circle highlighting that Ivorypay is enabling businesses across the continent to accept USDC payments and settle in local currencies. Ivorypay’s platform already supports stablecoin payments (including USDC) for African merchants via APIs, payment links, QR codes, and no‑code storefronts, targeting problems such as slow, expensive cross‑border transfers and FX restrictions in African markets. As a Circle Alliance member, Ivorypay is now positioned as one of Circle’s regional partners helping extend USDC’s reach into everyday commerce and business payments in West, East, and Southern Africa. The move fits into Circle’s broader strategy to expand USDC-based payment rails across Africa through local fintech partners, alongside other collaborations such as those with Onafriq and Sasai Fintech to leverage USDC for remittances, cross‑border settlement, and internet‑native financial infrastructure. For African businesses and NGOs using Ivorypay, tighter integration with Circle’s ecosystem is intended to make it easier to accept digital dollars while still paying out or settling in familiar local rails like bank transfers and mobile money, potentially lowering costs and improving speed for both commercial transactions and humanitarian disbursements. The development is part of a wider trend of stablecoin-powered payment infrastructure being deployed to address FX volatility, capital controls, and frictions in intra‑African and international payments.

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