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# Head of Partnerships (Africa) at Taptap Send

- **Company:** Taptap Send
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-09-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-20
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/taptapsend/5c1cda25-5832-45a3-b0ca-26627b49686a

## Job description

Head of Partnerships (Africa)

Spending time in a hub location (London, Dubai, Paris, or New York) and Africa (50%+) Shape the future of Africa’s financial landscape while building your legacy. This is your chance to lead business strategy, build powerful commercial relationships and directly drive positive outcomes for the continent and diaspora communities around the world. You’ll have the freedom to trust your own instincts, make connections across Africa, and pursue commercial deals where your gut tells you opportunity exists. You’ll be trusted to know what’s best, to represent the business at senior levels, and to lead on some of our most critical relationships in the region. Work for the market-leading emerging markets FinTech, with a genuine mission to support Africa's development by driving capital into the continent over the long term.

## What you’ll do

As well as owning the relationship with existing partners in Africa, you'll constantly be identifying new partners and stakeholders in Africa, directly building relationships with them. You’ll negotiate great deals and oversee the process from first meeting to go-live. Working with regulators and policy makers across the region, you’ll represent the Taptap Send brand externally, personifying competence and instilling confidence through all of your interactions. Understanding everything that’s going on in your markets through the tracking, analysis, and reporting of key metrics will be key. You’ll also work with other members of the Growth team to develop and share best practices. You’ll work cross-functionally with Product, Ops, Business Development, and Engineering teams to ensure Taptap Send has the best product offering in the market, being the internal voice of the region.

## What you’ll need

- ~10+ years of experience in high-performing, fast-paced environments (tech, professional services, finance etc)
- A demonstrable instinct for commercial deal-making
- Exposure to working with regulators and policy makers in Africa
- Significant ties to Africa
- “No task too small” mentality and willingness to delve into gritty details to get things done
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills

## Nice to have

- Fluency in a language other than English (e.g. French), a plus
- Experience in Financial Services, Fintech, Payments

## About the company

Since our launch in 2019, we have transformed how money moves across borders with our operations spanning 6 out of 7 continents and covering both the busiest and most underserved (remittance) corridors. The next stage of growth will fuel a network of services and products especially designed to make money more accessible to diaspora communities including local cards, and additional savings and payments features. We’re growing fast, backed by world-class investors, and scaling a product that blends real world impact with cutting edge fintech innovation.

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[Taptap Values](https://www.taptapsend.com/our-values) Impact first

## Team next

Accept reality Propose solutions Win with grit Be proactively candid, with yourself and others Love the particular Own it Create positive energy Maybe, even have fun

Taptap Send is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. All employment decisions are decided on the basis of qualifications, experience and business need. We strongly encourage applications who are members of underrepresented communities to apply. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let us know. Any information you provide us in this respect will only be used to accommodate your requirements. Note: we recognize imposter syndrome is real - any candidate that does not perfectly fit every characteristic of this role is still strongly encouraged to apply.

## About Taptap Send

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Taptap Send is a fintech company that provides a mobile app for low-cost, fast international money transfers to Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, raised $78.4M total)
- **Headquarters**: London, England, United Kingdom (also lists New York, United States as a primary hub)
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Michael Faye (CEO, Co-founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services / Fintech (International Money Transfers)
- **Target customers**: B2C – primarily diaspora communities in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, UAE, and EU sending money to friends and family in over 70 destinations across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To make cross-border remittances fast, secure, and affordable, working toward the UN Sustainable Development Goal of reducing remittance costs to under 3% by 2030. The company states it will not pursue strategies or practices it believes to be harmful to customers, even if that means restricting its product set.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services (International Money Transfers / Remittances)
- **Target customers**: B2C – diaspora communities in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, UAE, and the EU.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To help people send money back home quickly, securely, and at a fraction of the cost of traditional services, while working to make the UN Sustainable Development Goal of bringing cross-border remittance costs down by 2030 a reality today.

## Products & Services
- **Taptap Send App**: A mobile application that enables users to send money to over 70 destinations, including Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, Ghana, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Mexico, and Brazil. The service focuses on low-cost, fast transfers, often to mobile money wallets, and is available in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, UAE, and across the EU.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $78.4M (across multiple rounds, including a $65M Series B in December 2021 led by Spark Capital, and a $13.4M Series A in May 2020 led by Canaan Partners and Reid Hoffman). Estimated annual revenue of $10M.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Reid Hoffman (co-founder of LinkedIn), Spark Capital, Canaan Partners, Balderton Capital, Flourish Ventures, Breyer Capital, Omidyar Network, Helios, Wamda Capital, Crescent Enterprises, Slow Ventures, Coventures.
- **Growth Signals**: The company has moved billions of dollars and is trusted by millions of customers. It has grown to 280 employees (+24.8% YoY), operates in 35 countries, and has active job postings up 66.7% year-over-year. The company is live in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, UAE, and across the EU, sending to over 70 destinations.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Social Mission Focus**: The company explicitly prioritizes social good over profit, stating it will not pursue strategies harmful to customers, which builds strong brand trust in a market often plagued by high fees and poor service.
- **Deep Market Specialization**: Focuses on underserved diaspora corridors (Africa, Asia, Latin America, Caribbean) with deep local knowledge and partnerships, enabling fast transfers to mobile money wallets in rural areas where traditional services have limited reach.
- **Strong Investor Backing**: Backed by top-tier investors including Reid Hoffman, Spark Capital, and Canaan Partners, providing both capital and strategic credibility.
- **Rapid Growth & Scale**: Has moved billions of dollars and is trusted by millions of customers, with a presence in over 70 destination countries and 35 operating countries.

## Strategic Focus
- **Geographic Expansion**: Continuously launching new destination countries and corridors, with a focus on expanding reach in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
- **Product Optimization**: Relentlessly pursuing solutions to lower costs, reduce delays, and increase convenience for users, particularly for mobile money wallet transfers.
- **Social Impact**: Deeply committed to its social mission of reducing remittance costs, which serves as a core strategic differentiator and driver of customer trust.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes a strong social mission ("Impact first"), teamwork ("Team next"), humility, and a focus on understanding specific local contexts ("Love the particular"). The company values proactive problem-solving and continuous improvement.
- **Global & Diverse Team**: Team members come from 25 countries and speak over 30 languages. Office hubs in New York, London, Brussels, Paris, Casablanca, and Dubai.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Not explicitly stated, but the company has multiple office hubs and a globally distributed team, suggesting a flexible or hybrid work environment.
- **Notable Perks**: Competitive salary and stock options, great benefits. Rated one of the best companies to escape to by Escape the City's 'Escape 100'. The company values learning about different cultures and celebrates diversity.
- **Engineering Culture**: Backed by top-tier VCs and rapidly growing, with a focus on solving hard problems in payments, compliance, and scalability. The team includes talent from top tech companies like Twitter, Yahoo, Uber, and Amazon.

## Sources
1. [taptapsend.com](https://www.taptapsend.com/en/about-us)
2. [taptapsend.com](https://www.taptapsend.com/en/careers)
3. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/taptap-send)
4. [linkedin.com](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/taptapsend)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/taptapsend)

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