Buy bitcoin with MTN MoMo
- Type
- Mobile money
- Works in
- 12 countries
- Accepted by
- 1 exchange
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-18
You can fund a bitcoin purchase with MTN MoMo in 12 of the countries we cover, at 1 exchange we review. Support is decided market by market, so find your country below and follow its guide.
What is MTN MoMo?
MTN MoMo is the mobile money wallet run by the fintech arm of MTN Group across 14 African markets, including Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zambia and Cote d'Ivoire. Your MTN phone number is the account: you deposit cash with one of its agents, then send money, pay bills and merchants, and withdraw. MTN reported 70.8 million monthly active MoMo users and 1.4 million active agents in the first half of 2026.
- Speed
- Transfers between MoMo wallets are effectively instant, so the time goes on reaching an agent to deposit the cash.
- Cost
- Depositing onto your own MoMo account is free, while sending and withdrawing are charged in bands that rise with the amount, on a tariff table MTN publishes country by country.
- Limits
- Limits are national: MTN Uganda caps a single transaction at 5,000,000 Ugandan shillings and the wallet balance at 20,000,000, and deducts a government tax on each withdrawal.
Speed and cost describe the rail itself. What an exchange adds on top varies by platform and is shown per exchange below.
The exchange that takes MTN MoMo
- Yellow Card4.1
8 country listings with MTN MoMo
Where MTN MoMo works
Every country guide that lists MTN MoMo. Dedicated pages exist where at least one recommended exchange takes it.
Benin
Cameroon
Cote d'Ivoire
Eswatini / Swaziland
Ghana
Guinea
Liberia
Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
South Sudan
Uganda
ZambiaFrequently asked questions
Which exchanges accept MTN MoMo?
Of the exchanges we review, Yellow Card accepts MTN MoMo in at least one country. Support is per market, so check your country guide for the exact list where you live.
Where can I buy bitcoin with MTN MoMo?
MTN MoMo appears in 12 of our country guides: Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Eswatini / Swaziland, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, the Republic of the Congo and more. Each guide lists the exchanges that take it there and how it is named locally.