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Forging Fintech Autonomy: SantimPay's POS Assembly Milestone and Ethiopia's Digital Payment Imperative

SantimPay has opened Ethiopia’s first local POS assembly line—launched July 19, 2025 at the Ethiopia Science Museum—with capacity of up to 3,000 units per day, directly supporting the National Digital Payment Strategy 2025. By building locally, SantimPay lowers costs and tailors devices to real-world needs: multilingual interfaces (Amharic, Afaan Oromo, Tigrinya, etc.), offline processing for low-connectivity areas, and interoperability across QR, mobile wallets, and cards. A connected merchant dashboard delivers real-time sales and customer insights to improve inventory and risk decisions. The result: new skilled jobs, lower barriers for SMEs, and faster progress toward nationwide financial inclusion.

SantimPay's Strategic Leap: Partnering with Meras to Pioneer Fintech Expansion in Djibouti

SantimPay has made its first move beyond Ethiopia by partnering with Djibouti’s payments provider Meras to accelerate digital commerce in the country. The collaboration pairs SantimPay’s locally assembled POS devices and payment gateway with Meras’s account-to-account and remittance infrastructure, allowing merchants to accept QR payments, mobile wallets (including Telebirr and local equivalents), and international cards. Alongside acceptance, a merchant app delivers real-time analytics to help SMEs manage inventory, loyalty, and cashflow—advancing financial inclusion in a traditionally cash-heavy market. Overall, the tie-up is designed to spur SME growth and strengthen cross-border trade across the Horn of Africa.