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Pay4Me App is a financial technology company that offers cross-border payment services to international students. [1] [2] [3] Pay4Me have offices in Boise, Idaho, Indianapolis, Indiana, Lagos, Nigeria, and operates in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Cameroon, Tanzania, and Rwanda.

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The company was established in 2020 by Sunday “Paul” Adah, [4] as a cross border payment platform, [5] [6] [7] for students' tuition fees. [8] [9] In 2022, the company, Pay4Me App joined the founders’ class with Techstars Chicago [10] and competed in Boise Entrepreneur Week Pitch Competition. [11]

It joined the Village Capital 2024 ADAPT Social Innovation for a More Resilient Future accelerator program organized in partnership with the MetLife Foundation and TIAA. [12] The company also joined the NASDAQ Entrepreneur Center Milestone Maker Program, and became a gener8tor portfolio company [13] .

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