13 April 2026
Duplo, the leading financial operating system for African businesses, has partnered with Ozow, South Africa’s premier payment gateway, to transform how businesses in South Africa manage their end-to-end financial operations.
While thousands of South African businesses – including market leaders like Takealot, Mr D Food and Superbalist – already rely on Ozow for secure, instant Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) payments, this integration marks a significant evolution. By pairing Ozow’s robust payment rails with Duplo’s sophisticated financial operating system, businesses can now move beyond simple transactions to a fully automated workflow that handles invoicing, reconciliation, and expense management in one unified platform.
As businesses grow, managing payments, approvals, and expenses across teams can quickly become complex. Recent research revealed that South African SMEs spend an average of 15 to 20 hours per month on manual financial administrative tasks. For larger enterprises, this can explode to over 120 wasted hours monthly due to the complexity of matching diverse payment methods. These manual processes are not just slow; they are expensive. Businesses can lose up to 5% of their revenue to “leakage” – unmatched transactions that become irrecoverable because they were only spotted weeks after the fact.
This partnership addresses this critical pain point, enabling businesses to turn what was once an administrative burden into an operational advantage.. The most significant shift occurs at the point of sale: as payments flow through Ozow, they are instantly matched to invoices within the Duplo dashboard. This real-time reconciliation eliminates up to 90% of manual data entry, effectively closing the “manual gap” that previously stalled business growth. Beyond incoming revenue, the platform provides a holistic view of financial health, offering seamless tools to monitor corporate spending and manage vendor payouts within one unified workflow.
Companies like Maersk, Krones, DP World, Baobab, Miva Open University, Eat N’Go, IMG, SMT, and more already trust Duplo to automate their payment workflows and maintain full visibility over their financial operations. Through this partnership, South African businesses of all sizes can now access that same level of financial sophistication.
Tunde Akinnuwa, Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder of Duplo, said,
“We are excited to join forces with Ozow to help businesses in South Africa scale faster and with fewer administrative headaches. For too long, the speed of local payments hasn’t been matched by the speed of back-office accounting. By bridging that gap, we are turning payment operations from an administrative burden into a competitive advantage. Our goal is to help finance teams spend less time on manual processes and more time focusing on strategic growth.”
“Ozow is committed to delivering fast, secure, and reliable digital payment solutions for businesses across South Africa,” said Catherine Korsten, Chief Growth Officer at Ozow. “Our partnership with Duplo enables us to further extend our payment capabilities to businesses looking to optimise their collections, improve cash flow, and scale with confidence.”
About Duplo
Duplo is a financial operating system built for African businesses. It enables companies to move money, hold funds securely, issue compliant invoices, and automate tax-critical financial workflows on a single platform.
By embedding compliance and transparency directly into daily operations, Duplo helps businesses scale sustainably while aligning with Africa’s evolving regulatory landscape.
For more information, please visit www.tryduplo.com
About Ozow
Ozow is a leading South African fintech company transforming the way consumers and businesses transact through innovative, seamless, and secure payment solutions.
Founded in 2014, Ozow specialises in real-time digital payments, offering a range of products including Pay by Bank, Card Payments, PayShap Request, Instant Refunds, Payouts, and Cash Vouchers.
Trusted by South Africa’s biggest brands, Ozow enables millions of South Africans to transact effortlessly, helping merchants unlock growth, reduce friction at checkout, and improve financial accessibility.
Ozow is a licensed System Operator and Third-Party Payment Provider with the Payments Association of South Africa (PASA) and is fully compliant with industry regulations.
For more information, visit www.ozow.com
