Send money to Nigeria
Nigeria is compared here from 9 sending markets — the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, the UAE, Spain, Germany, Singapore and Ireland. Recipients are paid in Nigerian naira (NGN), usually by bank deposit to local naira accounts.
Most digital providers pay directly into Nigerian bank accounts in naira, which is usually cheaper and faster than cash pickup.
On 6 of these routes a like-for-like recipient amount was checked against the mid-market rate, so the cards below can say what the best provider actually pays.
Where are you sending from?
- From the USA13 providers · best pays NGN 1,343,327 per $1,000
- From the UK10 providers · best pays NGN 1,794,014 per £1,000
- From Canada3 providers · best pays NGN 949,978 per C$1,000
- From Australia4 providers · best pays NGN 935,278 per A$1,000
- From the UAE3 providers
- From Spain4 providers · best pays NGN 1,513,896 per €1,000
- From Germany9 providers · best pays NGN 1,513,896 per €1,000
- From Singapore4 providers
- From Ireland4 providers
Providers that reach Nigeria
Each name links to that provider's own page: every corridor it appears on, and every one it is documented as not serving.
- Remitly · 9 routes
- Western Union · 8 routes
- Wise · 8 routes
- Instarem · 3 routes
- Paysend · 3 routes
- Sendwave · 3 routes
- Taptap Send · 3 routes
- WorldRemit · 3 routes
- LemFi · 2 routes
- MoneyGram · 2 routes
- Ria Money Transfer · 2 routes
- Xoom · 2 routes
- Boss Money · 1 route
- e& money · 1 route
- Panda Remit · 1 route
- Revolut · 1 route
- TransferGo · 1 route
- Xe Money Transfer · 1 route
Checked and not available
- LemFi from Australia — LemFi does not operate from Australia. Its own help centre states LemFi allows users in Canada, Europe, the UK and the USA to send money.
- Sendwave from Australia — Sendwave does not operate from Australia. Its own directory lists sending countries as the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal - Australia is not among them.
- Instarem from the UAE — publishes UAE pages only for money sent into the UAE, with no send-from product page
- Wise from the UAE — the UAE is not on its published list of send-from countries; the dirham appears only as a receive currency within the UAE
- WorldRemit from the UAE — the UAE is not among the supported sending countries on its Middle East send-from page
- Xoom from the UAE — publishes the UAE only as a receiving country
