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      <title>Stripe alternatives in Africa (2026): what works in each country</title>
      <dc:creator>GetPaidAtlas</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 04:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/getpaidatlas/stripe-alternatives-in-africa-2026-what-works-in-each-country-43hl</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Originally published on &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/guides/stripe-alternatives-africa" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;GetPaidAtlas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;By Ala'a, GetPaidAtlas · Published 25 October 2026 · Data checked 2026-10-20&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Short answer:&lt;/strong&gt; Stripe lists 5 of the 58 African countries and territories we cover: Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya and South Africa (stripe.com/global, checked 2026-10-20, African entries re-checked 2026-10-25). In 47 of the other 53, at least one merchant of record we track accepts sellers. The widest coverage: Paddle (50 of 58), Dodo Payments (35 of 58), Gumroad (23 of 58). 6 have no option on our list: Libya, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Somalia and South Sudan.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who we are:&lt;/strong&gt; GetPaidAtlas is an independent guide, not a payment provider. We never receive, hold or move anyone's money, and we don't process payments. We link to each platform's own official page, so you apply with them directly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you build software, sell digital products or run a creator business from Lagos, Nairobi, Accra, Kigali, Dakar or Kampala, the first question is simple: which payment platforms will accept you as a seller? This guide answers it for each of the 58 African countries and territories in our dataset, grouped by region. Every status comes from the platform's own official country or payout page, with the date we checked it. Where an official page doesn't confirm something, we say &lt;em&gt;Unclear&lt;/em&gt; rather than guess.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Country by country: who accepts African sellers
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Yes means the platform's official page lists the country for sellers or payouts. It doesn't guarantee approval. Click a country for notes and sources, or open its full guide.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"&gt;&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Country&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Stripe&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Paddle&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Lemon Squeezy&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Polar&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Dodo Payments&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Creem&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Gumroad&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Whop&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;North Africa&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/egypt" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/egypt" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/libya" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Libya&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/tunisia" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Tunisia&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/tunisia" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/algeria" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Algeria&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/algeria" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/morocco" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Morocco&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/morocco" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/sudan" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Sudan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/western-sahara" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Western Sahara&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;West Africa&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/nigeria" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Nigeria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/ghana" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Ghana&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/cote-d-ivoire" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Côte d'Ivoire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/senegal" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Senegal&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/senegal" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/benin" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Benin&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/benin" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/burkina-faso" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Burkina Faso&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/cabo-verde" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Cabo Verde&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/gambia" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Gambia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/guinea" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Guinea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/guinea-bissau" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Guinea-Bissau&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/liberia" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Liberia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/mali" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Mali&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/mauritania" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Mauritania&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/niger" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Niger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/sierra-leone" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Sierra Leone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/togo" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Togo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/saint-helena" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Saint Helena&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Central Africa&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/cameroon" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Cameroon&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/cameroon" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/angola" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Angola&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/angola" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Democratic Republic of the Congo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/republic-of-the-congo" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Republic of the Congo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/gabon" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Gabon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/equatorial-guinea" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Equatorial Guinea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/chad" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Chad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/central-african-republic" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Central African Republic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/sao-tome-and-principe" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Sao Tome and Principe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;East Africa&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/kenya" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Kenya&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/ethiopia" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Ethiopia&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/ethiopia" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/tanzania" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Tanzania&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/tanzania" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/uganda" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Uganda&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/uganda" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/rwanda" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Rwanda&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/rwanda" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/burundi" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Burundi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/somalia" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Somalia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/south-sudan" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;South Sudan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/djibouti" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Djibouti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/eritrea" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Eritrea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/madagascar" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Madagascar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/mauritius" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Mauritius&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/mauritius" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/seychelles" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Seychelles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/comoros" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Comoros&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/mayotte" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Mayotte&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/reunion" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Réunion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/mozambique" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Mozambique&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/mozambique" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/malawi" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Malawi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/zambia" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Zambia&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/zambia" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/zimbabwe" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Zimbabwe&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/zimbabwe" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Southern Africa&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/south-africa" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;South Africa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/botswana" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Botswana&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/botswana" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/namibia" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Namibia&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/namibia" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/lesotho" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Lesotho&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/eswatini" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Eswatini&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Merchants of record: Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Dodo Payments, Creem, Gumroad. Whop is shown too, but our data classifies it as a marketplace. PayPal, Wise and Payoneer are payout routes, covered on each country page. Not shown: the British Indian Ocean Territory and the French Southern Territories, which have no permanent resident population.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  If Stripe lists your country
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Founders based in &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/nigeria" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Nigeria&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/ghana" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Ghana&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/cote-d-ivoire" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Côte d'Ivoire&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/kenya" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Kenya&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/south-africa" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;South Africa&lt;/a&gt; can apply to Stripe directly. Stripe tags all 5 with an &lt;em&gt;Extended network&lt;/em&gt; label on its global page; check Stripe's own page for what that covers for your business. With Stripe you are the seller of record, so sales tax and VAT on international sales are your job. Some founders there still choose a merchant of record so it handles that for them; in our data, every one of these 5 countries also has at least 4 merchants of record listed as Yes. Note that Whop does not list &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/nigeria" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Nigeria&lt;/a&gt; for payouts.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Which platform covers the most African countries?
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"&gt;&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Platform&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Type&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Yes (of 58)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Yes where Stripe isn't available (of 53)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Headline fee&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/paddle" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Paddle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Merchant of record&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;45&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5% + 50¢ per checkout transaction &lt;a href="https://www.paddle.com/pricing" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;, checked 2026-10-20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/whop" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Whop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Marketplace / payments platform&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;46&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;42&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2.7% + $0.30 per successful domestic card transaction &lt;a href="https://docs.whop.com/fees" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;, checked 2026-10-20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/dodo" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Dodo Payments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Merchant of record&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;35&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;33&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4% + 40¢ per transaction (Standard plan) &lt;a href="https://dodopayments.com/pricing" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;, checked 2026-10-20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/gumroad" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Gumroad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Merchant of record&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;18&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10% + $0.50 per sale on your own Gumroad page; 30% flat for sales through Gumroad's Discover marketplace &lt;a href="https://gumroad.com/help/article/66-gumroads-fees" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;, checked 2026-10-20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/lemonsqueezy" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Lemon Squeezy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Merchant of record&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;18&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5% + 50¢ per transaction &lt;a href="https://www.lemonsqueezy.com/pricing" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;, checked 2026-10-20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/polar" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Polar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Merchant of record&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;18&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Starter (free): 5% + 50¢ per transaction &lt;a href="https://polar.sh/resources/pricing" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;, checked 2026-10-20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/creem" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Creem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Merchant of record&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;7&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3.9% + 40¢ per successful transaction &lt;a href="https://www.creem.io/pricing" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;, checked 2026-10-20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A merchant of record (MoR) is the legal seller of your product: it takes the customer's payment, handles sales tax and VAT, and pays you out. That is why an MoR can work where Stripe doesn't. What matters is whether it pays out to your country (&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/guides/merchant-of-record" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;what is a merchant of record?&lt;/a&gt;). Headline fees are the standard published rates; international cards, currency conversion and payouts can add to them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  By region
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  North Africa
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Stripe: none of these countries. Paddle and Whop: every country here except Libya and Sudan. Lemon Squeezy, Polar and Gumroad: every country here except Libya, Sudan and Western Sahara. Creem: only Egypt and Morocco. Dodo Payments: only Tunisia. No platform on our list: &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/libya" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Libya&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/sudan" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Sudan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  West Africa
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Stripe: Nigeria, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. Paddle: every country here except Mali. Whop: every country here except Nigeria and Liberia. Dodo Payments: every country here except Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire and Saint Helena. Lemon Squeezy, Polar and Gumroad: only Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Benin, Gambia and Niger. Creem: only Nigeria.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Central Africa
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Stripe: none of these countries. Paddle and Whop: every country here except Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. Lemon Squeezy, Polar and Gumroad: only Angola and Gabon. Dodo Payments: only Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe. No platform on our list: &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Democratic Republic of the Congo&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/central-african-republic" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Central African Republic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  East Africa
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Stripe: Kenya. Paddle: every country here except Somalia, South Sudan and Zimbabwe. Whop: every country here except Burundi, Somalia, South Sudan, Eritrea and Comoros. Dodo Payments: every country here except Kenya, Burundi, Somalia, South Sudan, Eritrea, Mayotte and Réunion. Lemon Squeezy, Polar and Gumroad: only Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Madagascar, Mauritius and Mozambique. Creem: only Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. No platform on our list: &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/somalia" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Somalia&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/south-sudan" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;South Sudan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Southern Africa
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Stripe: South Africa. Paddle and Dodo Payments: every country in this group. Whop: every country here except Lesotho. Lemon Squeezy, Polar and Gumroad: every country here except Lesotho and Eswatini. Creem: only South Africa.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;North Africa is also covered with the Arab Middle East in &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/guides/stripe-alternatives-middle-east-north-africa" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Stripe alternatives in the Middle East and North Africa&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What the country lists don't tell you
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Paddle is software-only.&lt;/strong&gt; Paddle works with software businesses anywhere except the countries it lists as unsupported, and it reviews every seller. In Burundi and Eritrea it is the only platform we track that lists the country, so it is the main option there if you sell software.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Dodo Payments goes by your ID, not where you live.&lt;/strong&gt; Eligibility is based on the country that issued your government ID (and every director's or owner's ID for companies). It has restricted Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Eritrea for new merchants; merchants onboarded before the restriction are grandfathered.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Creem's list is short here.&lt;/strong&gt; In Africa it lists Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and South Africa.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Bank payout vs PayPal payout.&lt;/strong&gt; Lemon Squeezy and Gumroad pay to local bank accounts only in listed countries; elsewhere they pay through PayPal, which only works if your PayPal account can receive money. That is why Lemon Squeezy shows &lt;em&gt;Unclear&lt;/em&gt; in 23 of the 58. PayPal's receiving status is &lt;em&gt;Unclear&lt;/em&gt; in 50 countries here, because its official country list doesn't say whether accounts there can receive, and PayPal isn't on its own country list for 8.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Local payment methods.&lt;/strong&gt; We track whether a platform accepts &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; as a seller, not which local payment methods (for example mobile money) your customers can use at checkout. If most of your customers pay that way, check the platform's checkout documentation before you commit.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  If no platform lists your country
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For founders based in &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/libya" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Libya&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/sudan" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Sudan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Democratic Republic of the Congo&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/central-african-republic" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Central African Republic&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/somalia" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Somalia&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/south-sudan" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;South Sudan&lt;/a&gt;, none of the seller platforms we track list the country, and Mercury doesn't accept founders residing in any of them. That rules out the usual US LLC route with a Mercury account there too. We'd rather say so plainly than suggest a workaround that breaks a provider's terms. Payoneer doesn't publish a full country list, so it shows as Unclear: check during sign-up.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Elsewhere on the continent, the &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/us-llc" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;US LLC route&lt;/a&gt; (form a US company remotely, open Mercury, then Stripe US) is open in principle: Mercury is Yes for founders residing in 39 of the 58. It adds US filing costs and your home-country tax obligations, so compare it with a merchant of record first.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  How to choose, step by step
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Open your country's page (table above) and note which platforms are &lt;em&gt;Yes&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Match what you sell: software (Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Dodo Payments, Creem), digital products and memberships (Lemon Squeezy, Gumroad, Whop). Paddle and Lemon Squeezy don't accept services like coaching.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Check how the money reaches you: a local bank payout is simpler than PayPal-only.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Compare the headline fees above, then read each platform's pricing page for international-card and payout extras.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apply to two platforms, not one. Approval is a separate review, and having a backup saves weeks.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Side-by-side: &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/compare/paddle-vs-lemon-squeezy" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Paddle vs Lemon Squeezy&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/compare/lemon-squeezy-vs-polar" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Lemon Squeezy vs Polar&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/compare/paddle-vs-dodo-payments" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Paddle vs Dodo Payments&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/compare/" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;all comparisons&lt;/a&gt; · every country and platform in one table: &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/data/" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;payment platform availability by country&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  FAQ: Stripe alternatives in Africa
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Is Stripe available in Africa?
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In 5 of the 58 African countries and territories covered here: Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya and South Africa (stripe.com/global, checked 2026-10-20). The other 53 are not on Stripe's supported-country list, so a business based there can't open a Stripe account directly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  What is the best Stripe alternative in Africa?
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There isn't one best option for the whole continent; it depends on your country and what you sell. By coverage in our data, Paddle lists 50 of the 58, Dodo Payments lists 35 of the 58, Gumroad lists 23 of the 58. Paddle accepts software only. Being listed doesn't guarantee approval: each platform reviews your business.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Which African countries have no payment platform option?
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Libya, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Somalia and South Sudan. None of the seller platforms we track list them for sellers or payouts (checked 2026-10-20). Mercury, which the US LLC route depends on, also doesn't accept founders residing in any of them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Can I use Dodo Payments in Nigeria?
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;No. Not accepting new merchants. Only merchants onboarded before this country was restricted are grandfathered (policy dated 23 Mar 2026). Dodo decides eligibility by the country that issued your government ID, not where you live.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Is GetPaidAtlas a payment provider?
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;GetPaidAtlas is an independent guide, not a payment provider. We never receive, hold or move anyone's money, and we don't process payments. We link to each platform's own official page, so you apply with them directly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Sources and check dates
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Each status is copied from the platform's official page below. Per-country notes and the exact source for every cell are on the country pages. Stripe is not available in 199 countries and territories worldwide; see &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Stripe alternatives by country&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/stripe" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Stripe&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://stripe.com/global" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://stripe.com/global&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20; African entries re-checked 2026-10-25)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/paddle" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Paddle&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://www.paddle.com/help/start/intro-to-paddle/which-countries-are-supported-by-paddle" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.paddle.com/help/start/intro-to-paddle/which-countries-are-supported-by-paddle&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/lemonsqueezy" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Lemon Squeezy&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://docs.lemonsqueezy.com/help/getting-started/supported-countries" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://docs.lemonsqueezy.com/help/getting-started/supported-countries&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/polar" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Polar&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://polar.sh/docs/merchant-of-record/supported-countries" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://polar.sh/docs/merchant-of-record/supported-countries&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/dodo" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Dodo Payments&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://docs.dodopayments.com/miscellaneous/accepted-countries-and-territories" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://docs.dodopayments.com/miscellaneous/accepted-countries-and-territories&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/creem" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Creem&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://docs.creem.io/merchant-of-record/supported-countries" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://docs.creem.io/merchant-of-record/supported-countries&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/gumroad" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Gumroad&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://gumroad.com/help/article/13-getting-paid" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://gumroad.com/help/article/13-getting-paid&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/whop" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Whop&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://docs.whop.com/manage-your-business/manage-payouts/set-up-payouts" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://docs.whop.com/manage-your-business/manage-payouts/set-up-payouts&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/paypal" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;PayPal (receiving)&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/country-worldwide" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/country-worldwide&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/mercury" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Mercury (via US LLC)&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://support.mercury.com/hc/en-us/articles/28771710754580-Prohibited-countries" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://support.mercury.com/hc/en-us/articles/28771710754580-Prohibited-countries&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;More guides: &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/guides/" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;all guides&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/guides/stripe-alternatives-middle-east-north-africa" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Stripe alternatives in the Middle East and North Africa&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/guides/merchant-of-record" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;What is a merchant of record?&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Stripe alternatives in every country&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/data/" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;the full dataset (CSV)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not legal, tax or financial advice.&lt;/strong&gt; Provider rules change often and depend on your business type, what you sell, and the documents you hold. Always verify with the provider before you build or sign up. 'Unclear' means we could not confirm it from an official source. Spotted something wrong? It will be fixed and noted in the &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/changelog" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;change log&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p&gt;Based somewhere else? Check which payment platforms accept sellers in your own country on &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;GetPaidAtlas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Stripe alternatives in the Middle East and North Africa (2026)</title>
      <dc:creator>GetPaidAtlas</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 15:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/getpaidatlas/stripe-alternatives-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-2026-3lmc</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/getpaidatlas/stripe-alternatives-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa-2026-3lmc</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Originally published on &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/guides/stripe-alternatives-middle-east-north-africa" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;GetPaidAtlas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;By Ala'a, GetPaidAtlas · Published 24 October 2026 · Data checked 2026-10-20&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Short answer:&lt;/strong&gt; Stripe lists only the United Arab Emirates out of the 17 Arab countries of the Middle East and North Africa (stripe.com/global, checked 2026-10-20). In 12 of the other 16, at least one merchant of record we track accepts sellers. The widest coverage: Paddle (13 of 17), Gumroad (11 of 17), Lemon Squeezy (11 of 17). 4 countries have no option on our list: Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Libya.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who we are:&lt;/strong&gt; GetPaidAtlas is an independent guide, not a payment provider. We never receive, hold or move anyone's money, and we don't process payments. We link to each platform's own official page, so you apply with them directly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you build software, sell digital products or run a creator business from Amman, Riyadh, Cairo or Casablanca, you have probably hit the same wall: Stripe's sign-up page doesn't list your country. This guide answers, for each of the 17 Arab countries of the Middle East and North Africa, which payment platforms will accept you as a seller today. Every status comes from the platform's own official country or payout page, with the date we checked it. Where an official page doesn't confirm something, we say &lt;em&gt;Unclear&lt;/em&gt; rather than guess.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Country by country: who accepts MENA sellers
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Yes means the platform's official page lists the country for sellers or payouts. It doesn't guarantee approval. Click a country for notes and sources, or open its full guide.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"&gt;&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Country&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Stripe&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Paddle&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Lemon Squeezy&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Polar&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Dodo Payments&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Creem&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Gumroad&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Whop&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Gulf and Yemen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/united-arab-emirates" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;United Arab Emirates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/saudi-arabia" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Saudi Arabia&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/saudi-arabia" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/qatar" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Qatar&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/qatar" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/kuwait" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Kuwait&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/kuwait" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/bahrain" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Bahrain&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/bahrain" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/oman" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Oman&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/oman" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/yemen" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Yemen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unclear&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Levant and Iraq&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/jordan" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Jordan&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/jordan" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/lebanon" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Lebanon&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/lebanon" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/palestine" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Palestine&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/palestine" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/syria" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Syria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/iraq" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Iraq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;North Africa&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/egypt" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Egypt&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/egypt" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/morocco" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Morocco&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/morocco" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/tunisia" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Tunisia&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/tunisia" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/algeria" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Algeria&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives/algeria" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;full guide&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/libya" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Libya&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Merchants of record: Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Dodo Payments, Creem, Gumroad. Whop is shown too, but our data classifies it as a marketplace. PayPal, Wise and Payoneer are payout routes, covered on each country page.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Which platform covers the most MENA countries?
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"&gt;&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Platform&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Type&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Yes (of 17)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Yes where Stripe isn't available (of 16)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Headline fee&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/paddle" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Paddle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Merchant of record&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;13&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;12&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5% + 50¢ per checkout transaction &lt;a href="https://www.paddle.com/pricing" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;, checked 2026-10-20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/gumroad" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Gumroad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Merchant of record&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;11&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10% + $0.50 per sale on your own Gumroad page; 30% flat for sales through Gumroad's Discover marketplace &lt;a href="https://gumroad.com/help/article/66-gumroads-fees" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;, checked 2026-10-20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/lemonsqueezy" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Lemon Squeezy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Merchant of record&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;11&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5% + 50¢ per transaction &lt;a href="https://www.lemonsqueezy.com/pricing" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;, checked 2026-10-20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/polar" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Polar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Merchant of record&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;11&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Starter (free): 5% + 50¢ per transaction &lt;a href="https://polar.sh/resources/pricing" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;, checked 2026-10-20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/whop" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Whop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Marketplace / payments platform&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;11&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2.7% + $0.30 per successful domestic card transaction &lt;a href="https://docs.whop.com/fees" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;, checked 2026-10-20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/dodo" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Dodo Payments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Merchant of record&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;7&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;6&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4% + 40¢ per transaction (Standard plan) &lt;a href="https://dodopayments.com/pricing" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;, checked 2026-10-20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/creem" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Creem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Merchant of record&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3.9% + 40¢ per successful transaction &lt;a href="https://www.creem.io/pricing" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;, checked 2026-10-20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A merchant of record (MoR) is the legal seller of your product: it takes the customer's payment, handles sales tax and VAT, and pays you out. That is why an MoR can work where Stripe doesn't. What matters is whether it pays out to your country (&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/guides/merchant-of-record" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;what is a merchant of record?&lt;/a&gt;). Headline fees are the standard published rates; international cards, currency conversion and payouts can add to them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  By region
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  The Gulf and Yemen
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Stripe: only the United Arab Emirates. Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Gumroad and Whop: every country here except Yemen. Dodo Payments: every country here except Kuwait and Yemen. Creem: only the United Arab Emirates. No platform on our list: &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/yemen" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Yemen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  The Levant and Iraq
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Stripe: none of these countries. Paddle: every country here except Syria and Iraq. Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Dodo Payments, Gumroad and Whop: only Jordan. No platform on our list: &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/syria" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Syria&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/iraq" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Iraq&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  North Africa
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Stripe: none of these countries. Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Gumroad and Whop: every country here except Libya. Creem: only Egypt and Morocco. Dodo Payments: only Tunisia. No platform on our list: &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/libya" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Libya&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What the country lists don't tell you
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Paddle is software-only.&lt;/strong&gt; Paddle works with software businesses anywhere except the countries it lists as unsupported, and it reviews every seller. In Lebanon and Palestine it is the only platform we track that lists the country, so it is the main option there if you sell software.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Dodo Payments goes by your ID, not where you live.&lt;/strong&gt; Eligibility is based on the country that issued your government ID (and every director's or owner's ID for companies). It has restricted Egypt and Morocco for new merchants.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Creem's list is short here.&lt;/strong&gt; In this region it lists the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Morocco.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Bank payout vs PayPal payout.&lt;/strong&gt; Lemon Squeezy and Gumroad pay to local bank accounts only in listed countries; elsewhere they pay through PayPal, which only works if your PayPal account can receive money. PayPal's receiving status is &lt;em&gt;Unclear&lt;/em&gt; in 12 of the 17 countries, because its official country list doesn't say whether accounts there can receive.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Local card schemes.&lt;/strong&gt; We track whether a platform accepts &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; as a seller, not which local payment methods (for example mada, KNET or Meeza) your customers can use at checkout. If most of your customers pay with a local scheme, check the platform's checkout documentation before you commit.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  If no platform lists your country
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For founders based in &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/yemen" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Yemen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/syria" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Syria&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/iraq" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Iraq&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/country/libya" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Libya&lt;/a&gt;, none of the seller platforms we track list the country, and Mercury doesn't accept founders residing there. That rules out the usual US LLC route with a Mercury account too. We'd rather say so plainly than suggest a workaround that breaks a provider's terms. Payoneer doesn't publish a full country list, so it shows as Unclear: check during sign-up.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Elsewhere in the region, the &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/us-llc" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;US LLC route&lt;/a&gt; (form a US company remotely, open Mercury, then Stripe US) is open in principle: Mercury is Yes for founders residing in 11 of the 17 countries. It adds US filing costs and your home-country tax obligations, so compare it with a merchant of record first.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  How to choose, step by step
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Open your country's page (table above) and note which platforms are &lt;em&gt;Yes&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Match what you sell: software (Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Dodo Payments, Creem), digital products and memberships (Lemon Squeezy, Gumroad, Whop). Paddle and Lemon Squeezy don't accept services like coaching.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Check how the money reaches you: a local bank payout is simpler than PayPal-only.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Compare the headline fees above, then read each platform's pricing page for international-card and payout extras.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apply to two platforms, not one. Approval is a separate review, and having a backup saves weeks.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Side-by-side: &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/compare/paddle-vs-lemon-squeezy" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Paddle vs Lemon Squeezy&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/compare/lemon-squeezy-vs-polar" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Lemon Squeezy vs Polar&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/compare/paddle-vs-dodo-payments" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Paddle vs Dodo Payments&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/compare/" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;all comparisons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  FAQ: Stripe alternatives in the Middle East and North Africa
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Is Stripe available in the Middle East?
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Of the 17 Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa covered here, Stripe lists only the United Arab Emirates (stripe.com/global, checked 2026-10-20). The other 16 are not on Stripe's supported-country list, so a business based there can't open a Stripe account directly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  What is the best Stripe alternative in the Middle East and North Africa?
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There isn't one best option for the whole region; it depends on your country and what you sell. By coverage in our data, Paddle lists 13 of the 17, Gumroad lists 11 of the 17, Lemon Squeezy lists 11 of the 17. Paddle accepts software only. Being listed doesn't guarantee approval: each platform reviews your business.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Which MENA countries have no payment platform option?
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Libya. None of the seller platforms we track list them for sellers or payouts (checked 2026-10-20). Mercury, which the US LLC route depends on, also doesn't accept founders residing there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Why can't I use Dodo Payments in Egypt or Morocco?
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dodo Payments has restricted Egypt and Morocco and isn't accepting new merchants there; merchants onboarded before the restriction are grandfathered (policy dated 23 Mar 2026). Kuwait, Yemen, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Algeria and Libya are not on Dodo's accepted list. Dodo decides eligibility by the country that issued your government ID, not where you live.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Is GetPaidAtlas a payment provider?
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;GetPaidAtlas is an independent guide, not a payment provider. We never receive, hold or move anyone's money, and we don't process payments. We link to each platform's own official page, so you apply with them directly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Sources and check dates
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Each status is copied from the platform's official page below. Per-country notes and the exact source for every cell are on the country pages. Stripe is not available in 199 countries and territories worldwide; see &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Stripe alternatives by country&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/stripe" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Stripe&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://stripe.com/global" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://stripe.com/global&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/paddle" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Paddle&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://www.paddle.com/help/start/intro-to-paddle/which-countries-are-supported-by-paddle" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.paddle.com/help/start/intro-to-paddle/which-countries-are-supported-by-paddle&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/lemonsqueezy" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Lemon Squeezy&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://docs.lemonsqueezy.com/help/getting-started/supported-countries" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://docs.lemonsqueezy.com/help/getting-started/supported-countries&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/polar" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Polar&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://polar.sh/docs/merchant-of-record/supported-countries" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://polar.sh/docs/merchant-of-record/supported-countries&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/dodo" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Dodo Payments&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://docs.dodopayments.com/miscellaneous/accepted-countries-and-territories" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://docs.dodopayments.com/miscellaneous/accepted-countries-and-territories&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/creem" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Creem&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://docs.creem.io/merchant-of-record/supported-countries" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://docs.creem.io/merchant-of-record/supported-countries&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/gumroad" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Gumroad&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://gumroad.com/help/article/13-getting-paid" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://gumroad.com/help/article/13-getting-paid&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/whop" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Whop&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://docs.whop.com/manage-your-business/manage-payouts/set-up-payouts" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://docs.whop.com/manage-your-business/manage-payouts/set-up-payouts&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/paypal" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;PayPal (receiving)&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/country-worldwide" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/country-worldwide&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/provider/mercury" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Mercury (via US LLC)&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="https://support.mercury.com/hc/en-us/articles/28771710754580-Prohibited-countries" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://support.mercury.com/hc/en-us/articles/28771710754580-Prohibited-countries&lt;/a&gt; (checked 2026-10-20)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;More guides: &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/guides/" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;all guides&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/guides/merchant-of-record" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;What is a merchant of record?&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/stripe-alternatives" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Stripe alternatives in every country&lt;/a&gt; · &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/alternatives/stripe-atlas" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Stripe Atlas alternatives&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not legal, tax or financial advice.&lt;/strong&gt; Provider rules change often and depend on your business type, what you sell, and the documents you hold. Always verify with the provider before you build or sign up. 'Unclear' means we could not confirm it from an official source. Spotted something wrong? It will be fixed and noted in the &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com/changelog" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;change log&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p&gt;Based somewhere else? Check which payment platforms accept sellers in your own country on &lt;a href="https://getpaidatlas.com" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;GetPaidAtlas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

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