SalamaPay

AFRICA → CHINA PAYROLL

Pay your team in China,
straight from Africa

SalamaPay helps African companies pay their China-based employees, sourcing agents and representative offices: fund in your local currency, lock the FX rate automatically, and deliver CNY straight to UnionPay bank cards and Alipay.

  • Serving companies across Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and beyond
  • CNY delivered to UnionPay cards and Alipay — as fast as same day
  • Full compliance records and arrival confirmations on every payout

This month's payroll run

Ready
G

Guangzhou

CNY
Y

Yiwu

CNY
S

Shenzhen

CNY
Compliance checks passed
Confirm payout · FX rate locked

Serving companies in major African markets, CNY delivered through mainstream channels · See client markets

NigeriaKenyaSouth AfricaEgyptGhanaTanzaniaUgandaCôte d'IvoireSenegalEthiopia
UnionPay bank cardsAlipayCorporate transferSame-day CNY arrivalFund in local currencyFund in USDFX rate lockBulk disbursement

WHY SALAMAPAY

Built for the Africa–China payroll corridor

Not a generic remittance tool — built for this corridor from day one.

One platform for the whole corridor

Whether you're in Lagos, Nairobi or Accra: one roster, one approval flow, one reconciliation for your entire China-based team.

Compliance built in, records complete

Settlement runs through licensed financial institutions, and every payout auto-generates transaction background, arrival confirmations and tax-support documents that stand up to banks and auditors on both sides.

Transparent FX, known arrival amounts

Fund in local currency or USD; the CNY rate and all fees are locked before payday. What your employees receive matches the quote — no hidden costs.

HOW IT WORKS

Africa-to-China payroll in six steps

From roster import to CNY arrival — as fast as same day.

CLIENT MARKETS

Local service in every African market

Fund in your market; your team in China gets paid on time.

For companies in Nigeria

The most active Africa–China trade market, with sourcing teams across Guangzhou and Yiwu. Fund in naira, deliver CNY.

  • Fund in naira (NGN), deliver CNY
  • NGN→CNY rate locked before payday
  • Built for trading companies' sourcing teams
  • English contracts and bilingual payslips
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CORE CAPABILITIES

Every link in the cross-border chain, done right

Dual-channel payout

UnionPay cards and Alipay, both direct

Employees with Chinese bank cards get CNY straight to UnionPay; those without get paid via Alipay — your whole China team is paid in full, on time.

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Transparent FX

Rates and fees locked before payday

The simulation is the quote; confirming locks it in. Naira and shilling swings against the yuan stop eating into wages, and finance closes the month without surprises.

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Real-time simulation

Every change, instantly visible

Adjust a salary, add an employee, switch funding currency — gross, fees and net CNY amounts refresh in real time. Before payday, every number is known.

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Automatic documents

Payslips and compliance files, auto-generated

Every run produces bilingual payslips, arrival confirmations and tax-support documents, archived monthly. Audits, reconciliation and employee queries — one click away.

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Smart risk control

Anomalies caught before the money moves

Unusual amounts, duplicate payout accounts, sudden roster changes — the platform flags them for review before disbursement, protecting every cross-border payment.

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Understand Africa-to-China payroll in 3 minutes

From roster import to CNY arrival — watch the full flow end to end.

Our sourcing team in Guangzhou is thirty-plus people. We used to rely on wire transfers and friends carrying cash — slow, and impossible to account for. With SalamaPay we fund in Lagos and they're paid in Guangzhou the same day, with records for every payment.
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Adebayo Okafor

CFO · Lagos trading group

Lagos Trading Group

Quoted with the client's permission; amounts and team size anonymized.

Frequently asked questions

Settlement runs through licensed financial-institution partners, and every payment carries full transaction background, contracts and payout records available for review by banks and regulators on both sides. Details are available from our consultants.

CNY typically arrives within T+1, and Alipay payouts can land the same day. The simulation shows the expected arrival time for every payment.

The simulation shows the live local-currency-to-CNY rate and a full fee breakdown, locked when you confirm the run. What employees receive matches the quote exactly — no hidden margins.

We serve companies in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Egypt and other major markets, with more being added. Contact us to confirm availability in your market.

We pay out via Alipay — a verified Alipay account is all they need. Employees with UnionPay cards are paid straight to the card. Both channels come with full confirmations.

Employee and payroll data is encrypted in storage and in transit, accessed on a least-privilege basis, and handled in line with China's PIPL and the data-protection laws of your home market. Our security overview is available on request.

10+

African markets served

3

CNY payout channels

T+1

CNY arrival time

100%

Payouts with compliance records

Figures reflect product capability and typical timing; actuals depend on your contract and local licensed rails.

Ready to pay your team in China?

Book a demo and see how fast a run goes from local funding to CNY arrival.

BOOK A DEMO

Let's talk about paying your team in China

Leave your details and we'll get back to you within one business day to schedule a demo.

  • A 30-minute walkthrough of the full payroll flow
  • Funding and compliance answers for your market
  • A cost estimate based on your China team size

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