InTouch Signs Gambian Revenue Deal

The ten-year deal marks the Senegalese firm's expansion into English-speaking Africa and a pivot toward government infrastructure roles.

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InTouch signed a ten-year contract with The Gambia to deploy a centralized platform for monitoring public revenues.
This agreement extends the company's operations beyond Francophone markets into an anglophone region.

Senegalese fintech firm InTouch has finalized a ten-year contract with The Gambia to upgrade its public revenue monitoring systems. African Business reported that the deal was signed on October 30, involving the company, the Gambian Ministry of Finance, and the national revenue authority. The contract emerged from an international tender process and signals the firm's first major entry into an English-speaking African market.

The core of the agreement is a centralized digital platform for tracking transactions from gaming and betting operators. According to African Business, the project follows a Build, Operate and Transfer model. InTouch will handle the deployment, integration, and maintenance of the system before transferring it to the state. This setup allows the revenue authority to access transaction data directly, reducing dependence on self-reported figures from private operators and improving audit capabilities.

For InTouch, founded in 2014 by Omar Cissé, the contract represents a strategic shift. The company has previously focused on mobile money and merchant payments but is now expanding into government infrastructure. African Business noted that InTouch already operates public-sector projects in five West African nations, including Côte d’Ivoire and Cameroon. This new engagement adds a sixth country and moves the firm beyond its traditional Francophone and Lusophone base. The company has raised roughly €23 million from corporate backers such as TotalEnergies and Worldline to support this growth.

The financial details of the Gambian deal remain undisclosed, making it difficult to gauge its immediate impact on InTouch's profits. However, the long-term nature of the contract offers a different revenue stream compared to transaction-based models. For The Gambia, the project addresses fiscal challenges by improving visibility into taxable digital transactions. African Business observed that while technology aids oversight, successful implementation will require reliable data and effective enforcement by public agencies to minimize revenue leakage.

InTouch Wins Gambian Contract to Digitize Public Revenue Tracking

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