Tradoshi opens mobile money payments in twelve African countries, a first for a trading journal

A local payment, in the local currency

Since late October 2026, Tradoshi users based in twelve African countries can pay for their subscription with mobile money, without a bank card. The service covers West Africa (Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Sierra Leone), Central Africa (Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo) and East and Southern Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia).

Depending on the country, payment goes through MTN MoMo, Orange Money, Moov Money, Airtel Money, M-Pesa, Free Money or Zamtel. The price is shown in the local currency, taxes included: CFA franc, Kenyan and Ugandan shilling, Rwandan franc, Zambian kwacha, leone, and US dollar in the DRC. The payment is confirmed on the user's phone. It covers the Essential, Pro and Premium plans, monthly or yearly, as well as top-ups of credits for the Oshi assistant.

The payment is prepaid: nothing is charged automatically, and a reminder is sent before the end of the period. Bank card and crypto payments remain available.

A first for a trading journal

The leading trading journals on the market, most of them American, are paid for by international bank card, in dollars, with automatic renewal. None of them offers mobile money to date.

African traders know the gap well. Many brokers have long accepted deposits and withdrawals by mobile money, M-Pesa in Kenya, MTN MoMo or Airtel Money elsewhere, depending on the broker and the country. The software that goes with trading, however, remained reserved for people holding a card accepted abroad.

Mobile money, the region's leading financial account

According to the GSMA, the global association of mobile operators, more than $2 trillion flowed through mobile money wallets worldwide in 2025, including $1.4 trillion in sub-Saharan Africa.

The World Bank sees the same trend on the household side. According to its Global Findex 2025 survey, 40% of adults in sub-Saharan Africa held a mobile money account in 2024, up from 27% in 2021, more than the share of adults with a bank account (38%). One adult in five in the region has no account other than their mobile wallet.

More than one in four users live in Africa

For Tradoshi, the stakes are direct: more than one in four of its registered users live on the continent. The trading journal remains free, and the paid plans add, among other things, automatic syncing with the broker and the Oshi analysis assistant.