Middle East and Africa · 10 country guides
SuperApp pricing in the Middle East and Africa
Arabic-and-English storefronts, cash on delivery that still matters, national card schemes such as mada and KNET, and mobile money from Nairobi to Accra. Payment eligibility is the first question in every one of these markets.
Countries with a published guide
Each guide carries the usd plans, billed in usd, cost examples, the recommended payment and courier stack, and the questions to settle before launch.
| Country | USD plans | Local payment to plan for | You compete with | Updates channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt Cash on delivery and local wallets | from $99 USD | Paymob (on request) | Talabat and elmenus | |
| Ghana Mobile money is the checkout | from $99 USD | MTN Mobile Money (on request) | Glovo and Bolt Food | WhatsApp and SMS |
| Kenya Mobile money is scoped work, not a subscription feature | from $99 USD | M-Pesa (on request) | Glovo, Uber Eats and Bolt Food | WhatsApp and SMS |
| Kuwait KNET debit is the local rail | from $99 USD | KNET (on request) | Talabat, Deliveroo and Carriage | |
| Nigeria Choose a processor that settles in naira before recruiting merchants | from $99 USD | Paystack (on request) | Chowdeck and Glovo | |
| Qatar Cards, Apple Pay and a regional acquirer | from $99 USD | QPAY / Dibsy (on request) | Talabat, Snoonu and Rafeeq | |
| Saudi Arabia Resolve the payment-account country before designing settlement | from $99 USD | mada (on request) | HungerStation, Jahez and Talabat | |
| South Africa Confirm the payment route and plan for connectivity | from $99 USD | Ozow / PayFast / Peach Payments (on request) | Mr D Food and Uber Eats | |
| Türkiye Confirm cross-border merchant payouts before onboarding | from $99 USD | iyzico (on request) | Yemeksepeti, Getir and Trendyol Yemek | |
| United Arab Emirates Scope Arabic content, address capture and merchant eligibility | from $99 USD | Tabby / Tamara (on request) | Talabat, Deliveroo and Noon Food |
Payment methods across the Middle East and Africa
Aggregated from the 10 country guides. A live method is on the published integrations list today; an on-request method is built for you, scoped and given a timeline in your quote.
Live today
- Cash, card on delivery, card terminal — every country in the region
- Stripe — South Africa, United Arab Emirates
Built on request
- Tabby / Tamara — Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
- Fawry — Egypt
- Flutterwave — Nigeria
- Hubtel / Paystack (GH) — Ghana
- HyperPay / Moyasar / PayTabs — Saudi Arabia
- iyzico — Türkiye
- KNET — Kuwait
- M-Pesa — Kenya
- mada — Saudi Arabia
- MTN Mobile Money — Ghana
- MyFatoorah / Tap — Kuwait
- Network International / PayTabs — United Arab Emirates
- Ozow / PayFast / Peach Payments — South Africa
- Papara — Türkiye
- Paymob — Egypt
- Paystack — Nigeria
- PayTR — Türkiye
- Pesapal / DPO — Kenya
- QPAY / Dibsy — Qatar
- SnapScan / Zapper — South Africa
- STC Pay — Saudi Arabia
- Tabby — Qatar
- Vodafone Cash — Egypt
- Yoco — South Africa
Currencies and billing
Every plan, the one-time setup and per-order overage are billed in USD in each of these countries. Customer checkout runs in USD through the payment integration you choose, and merchant settlement is a separate design decision from the subscription. Taxes are excluded.
Storefront languages to plan for
- Egypt — Arabic and English
- Ghana — English
- Kenya — English and Swahili
- Kuwait — Arabic and English
- Nigeria — English
- Qatar — Arabic and English
- Saudi Arabia — Arabic and English
- South Africa — English, with Afrikaans and Zulu where you serve them
- Türkiye — Turkish
- United Arab Emirates — English and Arabic
Enable the ones each service area needs with reviewed translations; an English-only storefront loses orders before checkout in most of these markets.
Also served in the Middle East and Africa
These countries have no published guide yet. They are served on the same terms and quoted per market: the quote names the currency, the price and the local integrations to scope.
- Bahrain
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Ethiopia
- Israel
- Jordan
- Lebanon
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Oman
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Tanzania
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
Launching in the Middle East and Africa
What is common across the region
Processor eligibility first
Stripe’s supported-countries list decides whether your entity can hold its own account; most markets here settle through a locally licensed gateway or a regional acquirer, scoped separately from the subscription.
Cash and mobile money
Cash on delivery and mobile money are ordinary, not edge cases. Test rider cash reconciliation and a wallet payment in the demo.
Arabic content and landmark addresses
Provide reviewed Arabic content where it applies and test landmark- or block-based addresses with real delivery zones.
Questions about the Middle East and Africa
Can a marketplace in the Gulf or Africa use Stripe?
Only if its entity is in a country on Stripe’s supported list. The country pages say which markets need a locally licensed gateway instead, and those are scoped as on-request integrations.
Do you support mobile money?
M-Pesa, MTN Mobile Money and similar are built on request; they are not on the published integrations list today. Name them at the demo.
Pricing by country
Choose an English country guide for published fees, billing currency, the recommended local stack and launch considerations — or start from a region.