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Guides and product updates on payment processing in Côte d'Ivoire and francophone West Africa.

Mar 20, 2025

Open Source doesn't win by default

I cannot count the number of times I've heard "This product is X, but open source."

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Sep 22, 2026

Connect lomi. in seconds

Click a button, sign in or sign up, then approve.

A customer pays from a phone with a card in hand.

Sep 12, 2026

One customer, every channel

A guest checkout that forgets the phone is a dead end. The merchant's customer graph is the company.

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Sep 12, 2026

What an instant national rail actually requires

A rail can be live for years and still do one payment per person. Instant is a commercial model, not a go-live email.

Sep 12, 2026

Don't pick a partner by average success

A 98% success rate can still hide one operator having a terrible day. Slice the number before you celebrate it.

Sep 12, 2026

Cash is still the till

Digital payments do not lose to other apps. They lose to cash, on price, certainty, and trust.

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Sep 12, 2026

Time is money

A payment that is "successful" but sits for days is still a loan the merchant did not agree to.

Apr 26, 2026

Getting started with lomi. payment processing

From sandbox account to first live checkout in under an hour: create an organization, enable payment methods, issue a hosted checkout session, and verify webhooks.

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Apr 26, 2026

SDKs for TypeScript, Python, Go, PHP, and React Native

Our client libraries wrap the lomi. REST API with typed requests, error handling, and idiomatic patterns — so mobile and backend teams can integrate payments without hand-rolling HTTP calls.

Apr 26, 2026

lomi. payment plugins for Shopify, WooCommerce, and Magento

Our Shopify app is live today. WooCommerce, Magento, PrestaShop, and Odoo integrations are documented for teams wiring hosted checkout into existing stacks: one payment layer, multiple storefronts.

A customer pays with Apple Pay at a till

Apr 26, 2026

Apple Pay and Google Pay on lomi. checkout

Merchants with card acquiring enabled can offer Apple Pay and Google Pay through our hosted checkout — faster wallet checkout for customers on supported devices, alongside Wave, MTN MoMo, and SPI.

Apr 25, 2025

lomi. partners with MTN MoMo to expand mobile money checkout across Africa

MTN MoMo is now live on lomi. — giving merchants access to one of the continent's largest mobile money networks, with instant settlement, programmatic refunds, and subscription support from the dashboard and API.

Apr 21, 2025

Underground music's (un)likely digital ally

In a city where spontaneity drives everything, payment technology is turning the underground scene into a data-backed movement with real staying power.

Apr 12, 2025

With lomi.cli, do more with less

Our Rust CLI is the fastest way to authenticate, scaffold a project, test webhooks, create checkout sessions, and manage payments from your terminal — built for developers shipping on lomi.

A customer pays with Apple Pay on another phone in Kinshasa

Apr 11, 2025

lomi. POS

lomi. POS turns a phone into a till. Take Apple Pay on another phone, plus payment links, catalog, and payouts. Built for sellers who live on their phone, not behind a desk.

Apr 10, 2025

West African merchants can now accept local payments on Shopify

Our Shopify app connects your store to lomi. hosted checkout — Wave, MTN MoMo, Orange Money, cards, and SPI in one install, with automatic order reconciliation.

Mar 28, 2025

Choosing a payment gateway in West Africa

Mobile money, cards, XOF, compliance, and developer experience — what francophone merchants should actually evaluate before picking a payment partner.

Feb 18, 2025

lomi. partners with Wave to supercharge online payments in francophone West Africa

We're excited to announce today our strategic partnership with Wave Mobile Money, a collaboration that significantly strengthens our payment infrastructure across francophone West Africa and reinforces our commitment to building enterprise-grade solutions designed specifically for the region's unique needs.