CashAfrica brings mobile tap-to-pay to Chicken Republic outlets
CashAfrica now enables customers make payments by tapping their smartphones on payment terminals at Chicken Republic outlets.
Tap-to-pay technology, which lets smartphones act as contactless payment cards via NFC, has been gaining ground in Nigeria's retail space as fintechs look to cut down on cash handling and reduce friction at checkout. CashAfrica's rollout with Chicken Republic, one of Nigeria's largest quick-service restaurant chains, signals growing appetite among payment providers to embed themselves directly into high-traffic consumer outlets rather than relying solely on bank-issued POS terminals.
Coverage agrees on the core development — CashAfrica enabling smartphone-based payments at Chicken Republic — with Techpoint adding the detail that the partnership spans 350 outlets. Neither report specifies the technical infrastructure behind the integration, transaction fees involved, or whether the rollout will extend to other merchants, leaving room for follow-up on how the partnership scales and what it means for competition among mobile payment providers targeting Nigeria's retail sector.