Company: MANSA
Co-Founders: Mouloukou Sanoh (CEO) and Nkiru Uwaje (COO)
Website: https://www.mansafinance.co/
About MANSA
MANSA is a stablecoin-powered liquidity platform revolutionising cross-border payments for emerging markets by offering embedded, real-time pre-funding solutions to payments companies. The company is transforming global settlement infrastructure by enabling fast, cost-efficient access to stablecoin liquidity.
At the heart of MANSA’s mission is a simple but powerful insight: payments are moving on-chain, and liquidity must move with them. Based in Dubai, MANSA helps payment providers in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia instantly settle customer transactions via a revolving line of credit in stablecoins. It offers an alternative to fiat pre-funding models that are slow, expensive, and cash-intensive.
MANSA’s model is built for scale. Unlike traditional lenders, it underwrites based on real-time transaction data rather than collateral, providing instant access to liquidity. This approach has proven effective, with the company processing nearly $31 million in payments since launch and maintaining a zero-default rate. Clients report a 30% increase in transaction volume and a 10% revenue boost post-onboarding.
MANSA aggregates capital from DeFi platforms, quant funds, and hedge funds. Its recent $10 million seed raise – including a $3 million equity investment led by Tether – underscores confidence in the model. It has secured over $200 million in liquidity access from partners and disbursed over $18 million in payments so far.
The company is led by co-founders Mouloukou Sanoh and Nkiru Uwaje. Sanoh brings experience from web3 VC Adaverse and African fintech investing. Uwaje formerly led blockchain strategy at Dell UK&I and worked in innovation at SWIFT. Together, they combine deep payments and crypto expertise with real-world operational discipline.
Despite growing scrutiny around stablecoins, MANSA has doubled down on regulatory compliance. It has onboarded senior financial and legal leaders, and built robust frameworks for AML, KYC, KYB, and blockchain analytics – a fintech-first approach to stablecoin finance.
MANSA’s partnership with Tether is key. The company is working closely with the stablecoin issuer to make USDT the default medium for settlements across emerging markets. MANSA remains bullish on USDT due to its flexibility, usage dominance, and accessibility – especially outside Europe, where newer MiCA regulations are reshaping the stablecoin landscape.
In just two years, MANSA has grown its transaction volume from $1.6M to an annualised run rate of $240M, with expectations of hitting $1B by year-end. It now serves a broad client base, including B2B payment firms, virtual card providers, FX platforms, and remittance companies.
Looking ahead, MANSA aims to evolve into an end-to-end on-chain payment platform – offering not just liquidity, but also payouts and FX services. It’s a vision that could position MANSA as the “Stripe for on-chain finance” across emerging markets.
With clear traction, institutional backing, and a vision aligned with the future of real-time, programmable finance, MANSA stands at the frontier of blockchain’s most promising use case: transforming how money moves globally.
