About Reload
Moving Africa’s cash economy online
Most of Africa’s retail and distribution still runs on cash: slow to move, costly to secure and hard to track. Reload gives every layer of the value chain the tools to trade digitally, starting with the corner shop.
The problem
Cash is costly for everyone in the chain
Cash-first
Most transactions in informal retail and distribution still move as notes and coins.
Risky
Loss, theft and fraud are constant risks for agents, merchants and drivers.
Costly to move
Cash needs handling, storage and security at every step.
Hard to see
Suppliers get little visibility into downstream sales, stock or deliveries.
Our approach
Cash in once, then digital all the way
Reload turns cash into a digital voucher at the counter, so value keeps circulating between consumers, merchants, distributors and suppliers, settled to the bank only when someone chooses to withdraw.
Consumer
Pays cash or card, once
Agent
Issues a Reload Voucher
Merchant
Accepts vouchers & links
Distributor
Delivers stock, paid digitally
Supplier
Settled to the bank
Local
Built for the informal economy and the phone a shop owner already has.
Trusted
An immutable ledger, daily reconciliation and verified businesses.
Together
Merchants earn, suppliers reach more stores, groups grow as one.
Partner with Reload
Distributors, platforms and store groups: let’s talk about bringing your network onto Reload.