Myaza, Bringing ZEC to Everyday Payments Across Africa (Wallet + POS Integration)

Community Grants Applications
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Hi everyone,

I’m Charles Archibong, Co-founder & CEO of Myaza, a global wallet and merchant payments platform serving users and small businesses across Africa.

We’re applying for a Zcash Community Grant to add full ZEC support to Myaza’s mobile wallet and POS system, enabling users and African merchants to send, receive, accept, and instantly convert ZEC into local currencies like NGN, GHS and KES.

This is a major opportunity to make ZEC usable in real-world, daily payments across a fast-growing market.

Why This Matters for ZEC

Right now, ZEC is powerful but hard to actually use in Africa:

  • Few wallets support ZEC

  • No merchant tools for accepting ZEC

  • No instant conversion to local fiat

  • No POS integrations for physical stores

This keeps ZEC locked inside the crypto space — not circulating in real commerce.

Myaza changes that.

What Myaza Will Deliver

With this integration, African users and merchants will be able to:

Mobile Wallet

  • Create ZEC wallets

  • Send/receive ZEC

  • Swap ZEC → local fiat instantly

  • Withdraw to bank/mobile money

  • Use shielded transactions (Lite SDK)

POS for Merchants

  • Accept ZEC for in-store payments

  • Auto-convert ZEC to NGN/GHS/KES

  • Instant settlement

  • Dashboard reporting + receipts

This makes ZEC spendable, not just tradable.

Current Myaza Traction

We’re not starting from zero. Myaza already has:

  • 15,000+ users across Nigeria + Ghana

  • $5.9M+ processed

  • 23% month-over-month growth

  • 10 active merchants using Myaza POS

  • Multi-currency wallet infrastructure already deployed

  • Regulatory alignment and liquidity partners in place

ZEC plugs directly into an ecosystem that is already working and scaling.

Why Myaza Is a Strong Fit for Zcash

Myaza is building modern, stablecoin-powered payment rails for Africa — and ZEC fits perfectly into:

  • privacy-preserving transactions

  • low-cost cross-border payments

  • merchant payments

  • remittances

  • small-business commerce

ZEC becomes a practical payment asset, not just a store of value.

Our goal is simple:

Make ZEC usable everywhere money moves in Africa.

Full Grant Details

Here is the full application for review:

:backhand_index_pointing_right: Click Here

Happy to answer questions, receive feedback, and refine based on community input.

Thanks, everyone!

— Charles / @charlesarchibong

Co-founder & CEO, Myaza

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Zcash Community Grants Meeting Minutes 12/8/2025
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Thank you for submitting your proposal. Following a thorough review by the ZCG and a period for community feedback on the forum, the committee has decided not to move forward with this proposal.

We sincerely appreciate the time and effort you invested in your application and encourage you to stay involved and continue contributing to the Zcash community.