Buy bitcoin with Afrimoney
- Type
- Mobile money
- Works in
- 1 country
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-18
Afrimoney shows up in Sierra Leone as part of how people buy bitcoin locally, even though none of the exchanges we track lists it as a direct funding rail. The country guides below explain what that looks like in practice.
What is Afrimoney?
Afrimoney is Africell's mobile money wallet, described by the operator as an electronic mobile service that lets users store, send and receive money on their phones. Africell says it serves over one and a half million customers across four markets: Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. You register on an Africell SIM, use it by dialling *161# or through the app, and cash in or out at Africell agents, with transfers to and from several local banks also supported.
- Speed
- Sending between Afrimoney wallets is a USSD or app instruction that goes through immediately, so the part that actually takes time is getting to an agent to put cash in or take it out.
- Cost
- Africell Sierra Leone lists subscriber to subscriber transfers as free and charges a tiered cash out fee instead, running from 0.45 NLe on the smallest withdrawals up to 150.00 NLe on the largest band.
- Limits
- In Sierra Leone the published minimum to send is 1 NLe, with a daily limit of 15,000 NLe and a monthly limit of 100,000 NLe.
Speed and cost describe the rail itself. What an exchange adds on top varies by platform and is shown per exchange below.
Using Afrimoney in Sierra Leone
Afrimoney appears in one country guide on this site, Sierra Leone, where deposits settle in Sierra Leonean leone (SLE). Buyers there fund exchange accounts with Orange Money, Leones bank transfer, P2P trades with escrow as well, and the country guide ranks the exchanges that take each one.
How to buy bitcoin in Sierra LeoneFrequently asked questions
Which exchanges accept Afrimoney?
None of the exchanges we track advertises Afrimoney as a direct funding rail. Where it appears in our country guides, it is part of how people buy locally, often through P2P marketplaces, so treat it as a local option rather than an exchange feature.
Where can I buy bitcoin with Afrimoney?
Afrimoney appears in our Sierra Leone guide: Sierra Leone. Each guide lists the exchanges that take it there and how it is named locally.