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Payments/SL

Sierra Leone

ISO SL · 3 schemes

Summary

  • Orange Money QR payments active
  • Afrimoney bank interoperability
  • Afro Mobile Money QR platform
  • 16% adoption mobile money users
  • Bank integration enabled

Banking landscape

Central Bank

  • Name: Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL)
  • Website: https://www.bsl.gov.sl/
  • Role: Monetary policy, payment oversight

Major Banks (2024)

Rank Bank Name Type Digital Platform
1 Rokel Commercial Bank State Rokel Mobile
2 UBA Sierra Leone Pan-African UBA Mobile
3 Ecobank Sierra Leone Pan-African Ecobank Mobile
4 Access Bank SL Pan-African Access App
5 Sierra Leone Commercial Bank Local SLCB Mobile

Market Structure

  • Orange Money: Major provider
  • Afrimoney: Africell service
  • Afro: Payment service provider
  • 16%: Active mobile money

Payment infrastructure

National Payment Systems

System Operator Type Status
Orange Money Orange SL Mobile money Active
Afrimoney Africell Mobile money Active
Afro Mobile Money Afro Int'l PSP Active
Bank Transfers Banks RTGS Active

Mobile Money Adoption

  • Decade+ of availability
  • 7 million+ mobile subscribers
  • Only 16% active mobile money users
  • Growth potential significant

Bank Integration

  • Afrimoney bank interoperability
  • Transfer to/from accounts
  • Major banks connected
  • Enhanced convenience

QR code standards

Orange Money QR

Attribute Value
Provider Orange Sierra Leone
App Orange Money Africa
Feature QR or merchant number
Status Active

Orange Money QR Features

  • Scan QR at merchants
  • Merchant number alternative
  • No cash needed
  • Instant transactions
  • Multi-country app

Afro Mobile Money QR

Attribute Value
Provider Afro International
Experience 20+ years in SL
Feature QR Code Payments
Cross-wallet Orange/Afrimoney

Afro QR Features

  • QR code payments
  • Cross-wallet transfers
  • Orange Money integration
  • Afrimoney integration
  • #1 PSP in Sierra Leone

Mobile payment apps

App Provider QR Features
Orange Money Africa Orange Yes Multi-country
Afrimoney Africell Limited Bank interop
Afro Mobile Money Afro Yes QR payments

Orange Money Features

  • Balance check
  • Fund transfers
  • Merchant QR payments
  • Bill payments
  • International available

Afrimoney Features

  • Money transfer
  • Airtime top-up
  • Bill payment
  • Salary disbursement
  • Bank interoperability
  • Daily limit: 15,000 NLe

Afro Mobile Money Features

  • QR code payments
  • Cross-wallet to Orange/Afrimoney
  • Wallet management
  • Send/receive money
  • 20+ years experience

Schemes

Scheme Type Symbology Adoption Technical standard
Orange Money QR Mobile QR App Active orange-money-qr
Afro QR PSP QR App Active
Afrimoney Mobile Interop Active afrimoney

Sources

Full country report

SL-sierra-leone.md

Schemes

Standards

source · docs/payments/SL/index.md