France Senegal · requests back

Send from France.
Request from Senegal.

2WAYO is a two-way digital wallet for the France–Senegal corridor. Money is sent from France and lands instantly in a wallet in Senegal at the real exchange rate — and recipients in Senegal can request it themselves, instead of only waiting for it.

Sending · France
€250,00
To Aminata · Dakar
NoteMonthly support
Rate & feeShown before you confirm
EUR → XOF
1 : 655.957
Real rate, shown up front
Requests travel back
Received · Senegal
163 989 XOF
In your 2WAYO wallet, instantly
Wave Orange Money Free Money Bank transfer

Illustrative interface preview. The EUR–XOF rate shown is the fixed peg reference, not a live market feed.

The product

Two sides of one wallet.

Screens from the 2WAYO prototype: the sender's side in France, and the receiver's wallet in Senegal — request, arrival, and cash-out.

2WAYO sender home screen in France, showing the live EUR to XOF rate and an incoming money request
Sender · France The real rate up front, and an incoming request from Dakar waiting to be paid.
2WAYO transfer confirmation screen showing an itemized receipt after a completed send
Sender · confirmation An itemized, shareable receipt: amount, rate, fee, and reference.
2WAYO receiver wallet home screen in Senegal showing the XOF balance and actions
Receiver · Senegal The wallet in XOF, with requesting, paying, and withdrawing one tap away.
2WAYO withdrawal screen listing Wave, Orange Money, Free Money and bank account cash-out options
Receiver · cash out Wave, Orange Money and Free Money instantly, or a bank account in 1–2 days.

Screens from the 2WAYO MVP prototype. Names, balances, and transactions shown are illustrative.

The problem

Remittance today is slow, expensive, and only goes one way.

Traditional remittance from France to Senegal — and the reverse flow, which almost no competitor supports — leaves families with less money, later, and with more steps in between.

01

Hidden cost in the rate

Legacy operators charge high fixed fees and hide their margin in a marked-up exchange rate, so the amount that actually lands with a family member is unpredictable and reduced.

02

Cash pickup is still default

In much of Senegal, recipients must travel to an agent, wait in line, and carry cash home.

03

One direction only

Existing services move money Europe → Africa. There is no easy, trusted way for someone in Senegal to request money from a relative in France, or for money to move the other way when needed.

04

Disconnected on arrival

Once money lands, recipients still juggle separate mobile money apps and bank accounts, with no single wallet tying it together.

How it works

Four steps to arrive — plus a request coming back.

Money travels France → Senegal; requests travel the other way. Users link contacts across countries once — by phone number or an invite link shared over WhatsApp or SMS. After that, sending, requesting, and paying is a couple of taps.

1
Sender in France

Send EUR at the real rate

Open the app, see the live EUR → XOF rate up front, pick a linked recipient, enter an amount. Fee and final recipient amount are shown before confirming.

2
2WAYO

Converts and clears instantly

EUR converts at the live rate and lands instantly as XOF. The sender gets a shareable, itemized receipt over WhatsApp or SMS.

3
Wallet in Senegal

Hold it, don't just cash it

Funds sit in a 2WAYO wallet rather than passing straight through to cash — usable the moment they arrive.

4
From the wallet

Cash out or pay anyone

Withdraw instantly to Wave, Orange Money or Free Money, transfer to a Senegalese bank account in 1–2 days, or pay another 2WAYO user directly.

Requests

A user in Senegal can request money — not just wait for it.

Requests go to a linked contact in France and can be paid, declined, or left pending, with a note attached — "School fees," "Monthly support." Remittance becomes a two-way relationship instead of a one-way push.

Pending request
Aminata · Dakar
School fees
75 000 XOF
Pay request Decline

Illustrative interface preview — not a live transaction.

Core features

One wallet for the corridor.

Live, real exchange rate

The non-marked-up rate is shown before every transaction, so the amount that lands is never a surprise.

Instant wallet delivery

Wallet-to-wallet transfers arrive immediately and are usable the moment they land.

Send and request

Money is pushed from France, and can be requested from Senegal — with notes attached, then paid, declined, or left pending.

In-network P2P payments

2WAYO users in Senegal can pay each other directly — no bank or mobile-money hop required.

Multiple cash-out rails

Wave, Orange Money and Free Money instantly, or a Senegalese bank account in 1–2 days.

Itemized receipts

Every transaction produces a shareable receipt: amount sent, amount received, rate, fee, and reference number.

Contact linking

Link contacts across countries once by phone number or invite link, then send, request, and pay in a couple of taps.

Multi-language

French, English, and Wolof, with push notifications and status tracking on every transfer and request.

Trust & security

Every transfer, accounted for.

KYC-verified accounts

Identity verification on both sides of the corridor.

256-bit encryption

Transfers and wallet data encrypted end to end.

PIN and Face ID

Biometric or PIN confirmation required for every transfer and withdrawal.

Full audit trail

Every transaction produces a receipt with amount, rate, fee, timestamp, and reference number.

Market opportunity

A corridor built on remittance, running on mobile money.

10.64%
of Senegal's GDP

Personal remittances received equaled 10.64% of Senegal's GDP in 2023 — more than double the global average of 5.28%.

World Bank data via TheGlobalEconomy.com
~300 000
Senegalese diaspora in France

France is home to one of the largest Senegalese diaspora communities in Europe.

Wikipedia — Senegalese people in France
23M
Wave monthly active users

The region's dominant mobile money platform reports 23 million monthly active users and 10 million active payers across West Africa.

Pan African Visions
$1.7B
Wave's 2021 valuation

Wave became Francophone Africa's first fintech unicorn after a 2021 Series A valuing it at roughly $1.7 billion.

Pan African Visions
These figures describe market context, not 2WAYO's own metrics. Company traction, user, and revenue numbers will be published once available.

Despite this mobile money adoption, cross-border remittance into that ecosystem remains fragmented and largely one-directional — the gap 2WAYO is built to close.

Vision

From remittance to a wallet the corridor lives in.

2WAYO's product experience is inspired by WeChat Pay and Alipay: a single wallet that becomes the hub for moving, holding, and spending money, rather than a narrow transfer-only app.

Now

Remittance and wallet

Send, request, hold, and cash out across the France–Senegal corridor, with wallet-to-wallet payments inside Senegal.

Next

Bill pay

Extend the wallet from moving money to spending it, so balances stay and circulate inside the 2WAYO ecosystem.

Long term

In-network commerce

A super-app-style wallet for the diaspora corridor, with broader in-network commerce built on the same rails.

Current status

MVP / prototype stage

A complete product and interaction design system has been designed and prototyped — onboarding, sender and receiver dashboards, the send-money flow, contact linking and pending requests, wallet withdrawal, profile and settings, and error states.

Why this site exists

Application to Hub71

Hub71 is Abu Dhabi's global tech ecosystem for startups, running programs from early-stage ideas through Series A and beyond. This site supports 2WAYO's application, giving reviewers, partners, and future users a clear picture of the product and opportunity.

Team bios, funding to date, and traction metrics: to be added by the 2WAYO team.