Built from Africa, for Africa.
Chia is a subscription billing platform designed for the way Africa pays - mobile money. We make it simple for businesses to collect recurring payments across providers and currencies.
Named after Chia Lagoon.
Chia Lagoon sits on the southwestern shore of Lake Malawi. It is a meeting point - where the lake's open waters flow into a sheltered harbour that fishing communities have relied on for generations.
That idea of connection is the company. As the lagoon connects communities to the lake, Chia connects businesses to Africa's mobile money networks through one platform. The name is a reminder of where we started and who we build for.
| Location | SW shore of Lake Malawi |
| The lake | Third largest in Africa |
| Shared by | Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania |
| Why it fits | open water → safe harbour |
What we believe.
The phone is the bank
Hundreds of millions of people hold their money in a mobile wallet, not a bank account. Infrastructure should meet them there - not ask them to change.
Recurring beats one-off
Subscriptions are how small businesses become durable ones. The rails for one-time payments exist; the engine for recurring revenue is what was missing.
Boring reliability wins
Billing is trust. We publish our SDK as open source, model failure explicitly in the state machine, and get paid only when our customers do.
From Lilongwe, outward.
Live in Malawi today. Expanding across the markets our providers reach - Zambia, Uganda, Kenya and beyond.