Oneremit Outlines 2027 Plans As African Businesses Push Deeper Into Global Trade 

Oneremit, a cross-border payments company, says expansion into the United Kingdom and Ghana will shape its next phase, as more African businesses trade with suppliers and clients across several countries at once. 

After two years building cross-border payment infrastructure for African businesses, Oneremit has outlined its plans for 2027, with a broader ambition: to make international business payments as routine as local ones.

The company, which helps African businesses pay and get paid across more than 100 countries, said expansion into the United Kingdom and Ghana would sit at the centre of that next phase.

According to Oneremit, the plans reflect a shift in how African businesses operate. Many now buy from suppliers in Asia, sell to clients in Europe and North America, and pay staff or partners in more than one country. That kind of business needs payments that work across several markets at once, not one corridor at a time.

The company said it has processed more than $200 million in outgoing cross-border payments in under two years, mostly for importers, exporters and service businesses. In 2027, it said, the focus would move from proving the model to expanding it.

Oneremit said regulatory work was underway in the United Kingdom, with plans to serve businesses paying and receiving in pounds sterling from March 2027.

Ghana is expected to follow in June 2027, strengthening the company’s presence in West Africa and giving businesses in the region another regulated route for international payments.

The two markets will add to Oneremit’s existing licences and registrations in Nigeria, Canada and the United States.

The company said its 2027 plans also include extending stablecoin settlement, which it began on the Nigeria-China trade corridor through its partnership with OwlTing, to other corridors.

According to Oneremit, the year will be less about adding features for their own sake and more about expanding the network underneath the product: widening the markets businesses can reach, improving settlement speed across key trade corridors and strengthening the compliance architecture that supports that growth.

The company has recently added new features to its web app, and said technology would continue to drive speed. However, its human support model would remain central to how it serves businesses as it grows.

“Our goal for 2027 is simple. An African business should be able to pay a supplier anywhere in the world with the same confidence it has paying one at home,” Hammed Afenifere, CEO and co-founder of Oneremit, said.

For businesses, Oneremit said, that should mean faster access to global suppliers, more predictable settlement and fewer barriers when moving money across markets.

The company said it would share more details as each market goes live.