Myaza: Spend Crypto across Africa

Community Grants Applications
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Grant Proposal: Zcash Integration into Myaza - A Cross-Border Fintech App for Africa

Project Name: Myaza ZEC Integration
Total Funding Requested: $101,300
Milestones: 7
Duration: 6 months
Target Regions: Nigeria, Kenya, Rwand, South Africa and Ghana

Project Summary

Myaza is a digital financial platform helping Africans send, receive, and spend money across borders. We’re integrating Zcash (ZEC) into our wallet and payments infrastructure to allow users to:

  • Store ZEC securely
  • Swap ZEC to local fiat or USDT
  • Spend ZEC via virtual USD cards
  • Use ZEC to pay for bills and mobile top-ups
  • Access in-app education on privacy-focused money

This proposal brings real ZEC adoption to everyday use cases in Africa.

Why This Matters for Zcash

  • Expands ZEC utility beyond trading into payments, remittances, and essential services
  • Onboards thousands of first-time crypto users across Africa
  • Promotes ZEC’s privacy benefits in regions where financial surveillance is rising
  • Builds native mobile ZEC tools in Flutter, React, and Go open to future contributors

Technical Approach

  • Zcash light client SDK + secure key management
  • Swap module with ZEC → fiat conversion
  • Backend in Go, mobile in Flutter, frontend in React
  • Full stack build: wallet, swaps, card funding, utility bill payouts
  • Onboarding + education content localized for African users

Key Milestones

  1. Design, Architecture & Setup – $35,000
  2. ZEC Wallet Functionality (Receive/Send) – $14,500
  3. ZEC → Fiat/Stablecoin Swap Integration – $10,000
  4. ZEC for Utility Bills – $10,000
  5. ZEC Card Funding – $11,000
  6. Education & Campaign Rollout – $10,000
  7. Final Dashboard + Public Report – $10,800

Team

  • Charles Archibong – Project Lead / CEO of Myaza
  • Cyril Uket – CTO / Infrastructure & Backend
  • Richard Ingwe – COO / Market Operations
  • Plus frontend, mobile, UI/UX, and blockchain engineers

:megaphone: Community Feedback Needed

We’re submitting this for the next Zcash Community Grants cycle and would love feedback from the Zcash community especially:

  • How to improve wallet UX for ZEC newbies
  • Any upstream tooling gaps we should consider
  • Ideas to deepen privacy awareness for first-time users

Looking forward to your thoughts, suggestions, and support!

Charles Archibong
Co-Founder & CEO, Myaza
https://myaza.co