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iGaming payments in Cote d'Ivoire

Orange Money leads, and the market runs on mobile money, settling in XOF. 4 providers reviewed on this site reach a local rail, 2 of them by direct acquiring.

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Mobile moneyMarket dataBy the iGaming Payment Solutions Editorial Team

4

Providers with a rail here

2

Reach it directly

3

Local rails

XOF

Settles in

Quick info

Currency
XOF
Region
Africa
Betting
regulated
Casino
regulated
Dominant rail
Mobile money
Providers
4 (2 direct)

The rule in Cote d'Ivoire

Regulator, licensing and what it means for payments

Ivorian gambling runs as a state concession with a separate regulator. Under Law No. 2020-480 of May 27, 2020, LONACI, the national lottery founded in 1970, holds the exclusive concession over lotteries, sports and horse betting, virtual games, online casino and other online games. Private brands such as 1xBet, Betclic, Betway, Betpawa, Melbet and Betwinner run online as LONACI partners, and Bet360 was licensed in April 2026. Sportcash is LONACI's own betting brand. Market entry therefore means a partnership with LONACI. The Autorité de Régulation des Jeux de Hasard (ARJH) supervises LONACI and its partners, certifies gaming software, requires every operator to connect to its monitoring system and collects a 3% regulatory fee from LONACI. Mobile money carries the deposits. Orange Money alone takes 70% to 80% of them, and cashiers let players pick Wave, Orange, MTN or Moov and settle in CFA francs in 10 seconds.

Payment methods in Cote d'Ivoire

The rails players reach for, in the order that matters locally

  • Orange Moneydominant

    mobile money

  • MTN MoMomajor

    mobile money

  • Wavemajor

    mobile money

    Wave competes with Orange Money and MTN MoMo on low fees, and it runs across Francophone West Africa.

Which providers reach these rails

4 of the providers rated here reach a local rail in this market

Direct acquiring

2

A direct relationship with the local rail rather than a hop through someone else's.

Aggregated or indirect

2

Reached through open banking, an aggregator, a partner PSP or a wallet rather than through the provider's own local acquiring.

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