Hey Celo fam! 
We are thrilled to announce that Exion Finance has officially completed its Prezenti ALMOND 2025 grant, and we’re excited to share what we’ve built alongside the Celo community that believed in us.
When we began this journey, our mission was simple but ambitious: make stablecoin payments and microtransactions truly usable in Africa. Fast, affordable, integrated with everyday tools like Mobile money and accessible to users with even the most basic smartphones.
Thanks to your support, Exion Finance has moved from an idea to a working, deployed, user-facing mobile-first stablecoin payments platform, built natively on Celo, ready to scale across Africa.
Impact in a Nutshell
With the Prezenti Almond pilot grant, we delivered a working payments platform that brings together stablecoins (cUSD, cKES, USDT, USDC) and mobile money into one seamless user experience.
Here’s what we achieved during the pilot period:
Exion Mobile DApp
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Live Android application with user wallet, stablecoins wallet transfer, onRamp/offRamp and cUSD/cKES/USDT/USDC supported
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Optimized for low-bandwidth, low-end devices (core to our user base)
User Growth & Community Adoption
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5,870 registered users
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5,240 active users within the pilot period (exceeding the 1,500 target)
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38% of users come from rural or peri-urban areas
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Over 2,000 first-time blockchain users, onboarded using simple onboarding flows
Transactions & Usage
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3k+ transactions processed
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$30k+ USD in total volume
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Average transaction size: $14.46
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20% repeat weekly usage rate
On/Off-Ramp Integrations
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Phase-1 Mobile money integration implemented for both onRamp and offRamp
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Internal API for cUSD/cKES/USDT/USDC conversions and merchant endpoints
Partnerships
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Secured 1 fintech partnerships (KYC onboarding + distribution)
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1 merchant pilot for Exion’s checkout API
Developer & Open-Source Deliverables
- Public documentation published for the community (MUX architecture, stablecoin flows, and API endpoints)
Real-World Impact
55% of survey respondents from Canvassing say Exion Finance was their first-ever blockchain financial tool and 77% say they are now “more confident using stablecoins for day-to-day payments.”
The pilot validated the biggest question: Can stablecoins + mobile money coexist smoothly for everyday use? Yes, and Exion proves it.
What We Built
We built a mobile app that enables seamless stablecoins transactions for all your day to day utilities and micropayments.**
Exion Mobile App**: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.exion.app
Main Website: https://exion.finance/
Built with: cUSD, cKES, USDT, USDC integration powered by Celo. This matters because with Exion Finance you can spend stablecoins seamlessly faster, cheaper and open to anyone.
The Celo Coalition We Built
A huge thank you to the partners and collaborators that believed in us:
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Prezenti & Celo Community Stewards
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Celo Africa DAO
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Local fintech partners
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Early merchant integration partner
Each played a role in helping us onboard users, simplify our flows, and stay grounded in real local needs.
Our Heartfelt Appreciation
Asanteni sana to the Prezenti team and the Celo community for trusting us with this opportunity.
Our partnership enables us to bring stablecoins to everyday people, traders, students, riders, and households in a way that is real, useful, and impactful.
We look forward to continuing this journey together as we build the future of payments in Africa. 
You can continue supporting us via:
Website: https://exion.finance/
X: https://x.com/ExionFinance
Exion Mobile App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.exion.app
Wallet Address: 0xAbDee117D9236CBA1477fa48Ec1A2d3f1A53561b