# Wari Senegal

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/wari-senegal
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [Wari — official](https://www.wari.com/)

## Overview

**Wari Senegal** is **Senegalese mobile money + retail remittance + cross-border money transfer** + **CSI Crédit du Sénégal Senegalese-Mauritanian financial services group + Kabirou Mbodje founder controlling** + **one of West Africa's largest mobile money + remittance networks across 60+ countries via retail agent network** <sup>[1][1], [Senegal report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/SN)</sup>.

## History

**2008 — Wari founded by Kabirou Mbodje as Senegalese mobile money + retail remittance + cross-border money transfer** distinctive West African mobile money + remittance heritage.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Wari** (Senegalese mobile money + retail remittance + cross-border money transfer; CSI Crédit du Sénégal Senegalese-Mauritanian financial services group + Kabirou Mbodje founder controlling).

**Major shareholders**: **CSI Crédit du Sénégal Senegalese-Mauritanian financial services group + Kabirou Mbodje founder controlling**.

**Regulators**: **BCEAO West African Central Bank + national regulators across 60+ countries**.

## Technical integration

Wari mobile app (iOS + Android) + wari.com online + Wari retail agent network across Senegal + 60+ African + European + North American countries; SN IBAN + Wari QR + cross-border Wari remittance corridors.

## Implementations & partners

**Major West African + global mobile money + remittance competitors**: [Orange Money](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/orange-money) (Orange Money; Orange Group French telecom African + MENA mobile money; ~91M+ Orange Money users across 17 African + MENA countries) + [MTN Mobile Money](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/mtn-mobile-money) (MTN Mobile Money MoMo; MTN Group African mobile money; Africa's largest mobile money network by users; ~75M+ MTN MoMo users across 16 African countries) + [Airtel Money](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/airtel-money) (Airtel Money Africa; Bharti Airtel Africa mobile money operations across 14 African countries) + Moov Money (Moov Money; Maroc Telecom Group MENA mobile money) + [M-Pesa](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/m-pesa) (M-PESA; Safaricom + Vodacom + Vodafone African mobile money) + [Western Union](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/western-union) (Western Union; NYSE: WU; US-based global money transfer + remittance) + [MoneyGram](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/moneygram) (MoneyGram International; US-based global money transfer + remittance) + [Remitly](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/remitly-app) (Remitly; NASDAQ: RELY; US-based mobile-first global money transfer + remittance) + [WorldRemit (Zepz)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/worldremit) (WorldRemit Zepz; UK-based mobile-first global money transfer + remittance).

**Regulators**: BCEAO + national regulators across 60+ countries.

## Status

**Active, Senegalese mobile money + retail remittance + cross-border money transfer + CSI Crédit du Sénégal Senegalese-Mauritanian financial services group + Kabirou Mbodje founder controlling + one of West Africa's largest mobile money + remittance networks across 60+ countries via retail agent network** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.wari.com/ "Wari — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wari_(company) "Wari — Wikipedia"
[sn-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/SN

- [1] [Wari — official][1]
- [2] [Wari — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Senegal report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/SN)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/SN-senegal.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [wari-senegal.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/wari-senegal). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.