African fintech company Juicyway is looking beyond cross-border payments as it explores a new way to connect African businesses with investors around the world.
The company is developing a blockchain-based platform called the People’s Exchange, designed to connect African assets with global capital. Its founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ife Johnson, discussed the plan at Moonshot by TechCabal in Lagos on November 2, 2026.
According to Johnson, making international payments faster is not enough to address Africa’s wider financial challenges. Businesses also need better access to capital and investment opportunities beyond their domestic markets. The proposed People’s Exchange will use tokenisation to represent assets and securities as digital records on a blockchain. Tokenizations could allow certain investments, such as business assets or financial instruments, to be represented digitally and made accessible to investors across different markets.
The idea is to make it easier for African businesses to reach a wider pool of potential investors instead of depending solely on local sources of funding. Johnson said the company had received approval in principle from Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission to develop the platform.
Access to funding remains a major challenge for businesses across Africa. Many companies struggle to secure the capital needed to expand, enter new markets or increase production. Juicyway believes connecting African assets with international investors could help address some of these financing limitations. The proposed exchange could eventually explore opportunities involving trade receivables, mortgages, energy, commodities and investments in private companies.
However, the success of the platform will depend on regulatory requirements, investor confidence and the ability to establish reliable systems for managing and trading these assets. Juicyway has built its business around helping individuals and companies move money internationally. Its proposed expansion into tokenised capital markets signals a broader ambition to become part of the financial infrastructure connecting African businesses to the global economy. If successfully developed, the People’s Exchange could introduce another route for businesses seeking investment beyond their home countries.
For Africa’s growing business ecosystem, the bigger question is whether technology can make international investment more accessible and help local businesses attract the capital they need to grow.