2013 headquarters nairobi kenya products financial services number of employees 19 2015 website bitpesa.co bitpesa is a universal payment and trading platform for africa headquartered in nairobi with offices and staff in lagos london and san francisco . it provides an online platform to convert digital currency such as bitcoin into local african currencies . 1 founded in 2013 by elizabeth rossiello and duncan goldie scot the goal of bitpesa is to allow individuals and businesses to send payments to and from kenya nigeria uganda and tanzania . 2 at the end of may 2014 bitpesa launched its beta site with a service that allows users to send money to any mobile money wallet in kenya . 3 as at november 2015 bitpesa offers instant payments to and from 7 different mobile money networks and over 60 banks in nigeria kenya uganda and tanzania . 4 contents 1 products 2 see also 3 references 4 external links products edit bitpesa has three main products bitpesa pay for smaller payments directly to mobile money accounts bitpesa for business for larger payments directly to a bank account multiple mobile or bank accounts bitpesa trade for users to buy or sell bitcoin from mobile or bank accounts see also edit list of foreign exchange companies references edit paul vigna and michael j. casey . bitbeat kenya s bitpesa raises 1.1 million expands operations . wsj . ombok eric 28 november 2013 . bitcoin service targets kenya remittances with cut rate fees . bloomberg.com . retrieved 20 october 2014 . vignia paul 23 may 2014 . kenya s bitpesa launches beta test of remittance service . the wall street journal . retrieved 20 october 2014 . vignia paul 9 november 2015 . bitcoin startup bitpesa expands into nigeria uganda . the wall street journal . retrieved 17 december 2015 . external links edit bitpesa website v t e bitcoin history legal status people gavin andresen hal finney satoshi nakamoto nick szabo amir taaki winklevoss twins adam back wences casares groups list of bitcoin companies list of bitcoin organizations technologies bitcoin network blockchain colored coins cryptocurrency cryptocurrency tumbler ecdsa p2p pow sha 2 exchanges anx bitstamp btc e btc china coinsecure india coinbase coinfloor huobi itbit kraken localbitcoins okcoin defunct buttercoin mt. gox bitinstant book category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bitpesa & oldid 740070808 categories mobile paymentsforeign exchange companiesfinancial services companies of kenyabitcoinhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 18 september 2016 at 22 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view