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Money with a heartbeat.

Meet Eva, the assistant inside the Pryme app. She opens accounts, moves money, saves toward your goals and follows up. Nothing leaves your account without your approval.

Meet Eva, the assistant inside the Pryme app. She holds dollars, pounds, euros and Naira side by side, swaps at a locked rate, pays bills in any of them and sends anywhere, asking before anything moves.

HomeEvery currency, every Box and every card on one screen.
Chat with EvaTell her the goal. She handles the steps and asks before anything moves.
Savings BoxesFlexible, Fixed, Investment and Interest-free, side by side.
Create a BoxPick the type, name the goal. Eva works out what to move, and when.
LoansSpaces credit and Salary Advance. Draw only what you need.
Invite friendsThree friends, ₦50,000 each, and ₦20,000 lands with you.
YouEva’s voice, your plan, your address and every security control.
Duress signalA word that looks normal on screen while your people are alerted.
Chat with EvaTell her the goal. She handles the steps and asks before anything moves.
Swap at the live rateOr name the rate you want and she swaps the moment it lands.
One card, every currencySpend from whichever balance suits, and freeze it from the app.
What Eva may do without askingStanding permissions, a voice, and a record of every rule you have given her.
Receipts anyone can verifyRegular or certified statements, e-signed and checkable by whoever receives them.
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Pryme app: Home
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Pryme app: Create a Box
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Pryme app: Invite friends
Pryme app: You
Pryme app: Duress signal
Pryme app: Chat with Eva
Pryme app: Swap at the live rate
Pryme app: Multicurrency card
Pryme app: What Eva may do without asking
Pryme app: Receipts and statements
MoneyAgentsApprovalAgentsEvery currencyYour approval

Open an account. Get money to spend.

Global money. Intelligent growth.

We give you a limit to spend at the shops and services you already use — and an account that works on your month while you get on with it. Dollars, pounds and euros sit beside your Naira, and an assistant handles the running of it, asking you first every single time.

One global account for your money and business. Move across currencies, automate everyday operations and put AI agents to work — with you in control of every important decision.

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Personal · the app in your hand
Salary landed₦920,000 from John Doe Ltd · Naira account
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Move ₦100,000 to your Rent Box?Keeps ₦127.9m liquid · earns 18% p.a.
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Paid Ikeja Electric₦18,400 · token sent by SMS
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Swap $200 → ₦310,000?Rate locked at ₦1,550 for 30 s
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Held a ₦150,000 transferNew payee · unusual hour · needs you
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Received $2,400From a client · USD account
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Swap $200 → £—?Rate locked for 30 s
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Paid the light bill at home₦18,400 · Ikeja Electric
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Keep $1,000 liquid, save the rest?$1,400 → Flexible Box
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Held a £2,000 transferNew payee · needs you
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Regulated partnersEvery currency held with a licensed institution in its market
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Eva, the assistant that runs a Pryme accountEvayour assistant
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Multi-currency30 currencies on one balanceFlip
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Business Account

Open an account. Get customers.

Your competitor down the road sells the same thing you sell. The difference is who walks in. We put money in people’s hands that can only be spent in businesses like yours — and then we point them at you.

The Pryme Business home page: three currency balances on one account, the money actions, five agents working and a live stream of what they have done
Business · the page your team signs into
Spaces · Nigeria

We hand the customer the money. It can only be spent with you.

You are not borrowing. You are selling to somebody who already has the money — and that money can only be spent with a business like yours.

The business · Pryme Business
johndoe.mypryme.com · Spaces

Spaces Showing 30 days

Spaces is onshoppers near you can see your shop
Spaces brought you · 30 days ₦2,578,550.00 104 sales from 71 shoppers ▼ 4% on the period before
Where the money came from
91% shoppers who had been in before 9% first visit to your shop
21 of 71 came back more than once Average basket ₦24,793.75 Biggest shopper ₦142,300.00
24 Jul returningnew to you 22 Aug
Money on its way to you confirmed at the counter · on its way to your Naira account
Confirmed at the counter ₦47,150.002 sales today · final the moment they paid
Sales of 23 Aug₦90,9503 sales · confirmed
Sales of 24 Aug₦196,2005 sales · confirmed
Sales of 25 Aug₦47,1502 sales · confirmed
nothing for you to do · it arrives on its own
Lands in your NGN account ₦334,300.0010 sales in flight
The shopper · Pryme app
4:34
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BorrowLoans
SpacesSalary Advance
Spaces credit₦21,450 available
Repay ₦78,550
₦78,550 in use₦100,000 limit
Hold 25% · repay 2 more early to drop to 20%

₦100,000 from day one · agreement v2.1 · 12 Aug · View

Near youCategories 9Your loans 9
🛒Grocery / Retail4 places
🍽Eateries / Restaurants4 places
💊Pharmacies3 places
🎬Movies & Cinema3 places
🚌Transport3 places
💇Spa’s & Saloons3 places
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HomeBoxes CardsYou
Freeto join, nothing monthly. You are in the app the day you switch it on.
You get paidthe sale settles into your Naira account. Nobody to chase.
Zero riskwe carry the credit, whether or not the shopper repays us.
You growfaces that had never been to your shop — and most come back on their own.
The account

One account. Every currency you trade in.

Pryme Business4 currencies · one ledger
Base
₦127,328,879.23NGN · Nigerian Naira
$1,240.00USD · US Dollar
£480.00GBP · Pound Sterling
€310.00EUR · Euro
  • A named Naira account with Solid Allianze MFB — NDIC insured, your business name on it.
  • Real details abroad. A US account number, a UK sort code, an IBAN for the euro area.
  • Every currency has its own statement — regular or certified, with a code anyone can verify.
Swapping · in the app
4:34
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Current account · NGN ₦127,328,879.23
SwapBoth balances move at once, on one ledger
Fill it inAsk Eva
$1 = ₦1,650.00
FromNGN ▾
250,000Available ₦127,328,879.23
ToUSD ▾
151.52after swap $1,391.52
Rate$1 = ₦1,650.00
Fee—
You get$151.52
NowWhen it hits

Eva waits for your rate and asks before she moves anything.

Target rate
$1 =1,585.00₦
Set the watch
Pryme Pay

Take money on your site, or on a checkout of your own.

No card, no OTP, nothing for the buyer to type in. They transfer from the bank app they already use, and the money lands in the same account your agents are running — already matched to the order, already in your books.

Pay from your bank app

We give the buyer a one-time account number. They transfer to it from any bank app or by USSD — no card, no OTP, nothing to type in.

Get the account number
  • Card details are never asked for, so they cannot leak.
  • The account is used once, then it closes.
  • Held with a licensed bank, insured by the NDIC.
Transfer exactly this amount

To this account, from any bank app. We watch it, and the page updates itself.

Send exactly₦26,767.50Copy
BankSolid Allianze MFB
Account number0000 000 000Copy
Account namePRYME / JOHNDOE‑ORD1042
Watching the account — nobody has to confirm anything.
Payment received

₦26,767.50 from GTBank · John D., matched to order ORD‑1042.

OrderORD-1042
Settled intoJohn Doe Trading Ltd · Naira account 0000 000 000
Receiptsent to the buyer
Get your receiptRun it again
Your checkout, your brand.On the site you already have, in your colours, on your own domain — or on a page we host for you.
A link for anything you sell.One price, one buyer, one link — sent on WhatsApp, Instagram or email, and paid the same way.
It lands already reconciled.Matched to the order, receipt issued, and in your books before you have looked at it.
Business Account

A team you did not have to hire.

Five agents come with the account. Each one has a job description, a budget and a ceiling you set. They do the work and bring it to you — nothing leaves the account without your signature.

CS Chief of Staff Runs the week

Knows what is stuck, who is waiting and what you promised — and keeps all three moving.

Booked a meeting with John Doe Foods for Thursday 11:00.
FI Finance Watches the money

Keeps the books as you trade and tells you the moment something does not add up.

Flagged a duplicate — invoice DP‑11908 was already paid in July.
COCompliance Keeps you inside the rules

Holds every filing to its own clock and screens names and payments against your policy — and logs what it refuses.

Screened 412 payments overnight and refused two of them.
SA Sales Chases what is owed

Goes back to the buyers who went quiet, with the receipt already attached.

Recovered ₦410,000 across three overdue invoices.
SU Customer Support Answers your customers

Replies, follows up on what they asked for and hands you only the ones that need you.

Resolved 4 conversations — two deliveries, one refund.
Every agent prepares and proposes. You are the only one who can approve.
Build on Pryme

Our rails, under your product.

Issue a dedicated Naira account number to each of your own customers, collect into it and reconcile against it. The same rails the Business Account runs on, with the licence behind them.

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Pryme Business

One business account. Every currency you trade in.

Dollars, pounds and euros beside a Naira account, on one ledger and one set of books. Five agents come with it and run the account — nothing leaves without your signature.

The Pryme Business home page: Naira, dollar and pound balances on one account, the money actions, five agents working and a live stream of what they have done
Business · the page your team signs into

A team you did not have to hire

Five agents come with the account. Each has a job description, a budget and a ceiling you set. They do the work and bring it to you — they propose, you approve.

CSChief of Staff Runs the week

Knows what is stuck, who is waiting and what you promised, and keeps all three moving.

Booked the quarterly review with your auditor for Thursday.
FIFinance Watches the money

Keeps the books in every currency you hold and flags the moment something does not add up.

Flagged a duplicate — invoice DP‑11908 was already paid in July.
COCompliance Keeps you inside the rules

Holds every filing to its own clock and screens names and payments against your policy — and logs what it refuses.

Screened 412 payments overnight and refused two of them.
SASales Chases what is owed

Goes back to the buyers who went quiet, with the invoice and the receipt already attached.

Recovered $12,400 across three overdue invoices.
SUCustomer Support Answers your customers

Replies, follows up on what they asked for and hands you only the ones that need you.

Resolved 4 conversations — two deliveries, one refund.
Every agent prepares and proposes. You are the only one who can approve.
Open a business account

Ten years, one trunk

The business has changed shape four times and never changed what it was rooted in. Each version was built out of what the last one could not do.

2016E-commerce

An online grocery store, built out of a faulty tab. Selling the food was the easy part — taking the money for it, and moving it, turned out to be the business.

2018OjirehPrime Card

A prepaid card. The first time the company issued rather than resold, and the first time it carried the obligations that come with holding somebody else’s money.

2020Microfinance bank

PrymeSolid Allianze acquired — an existing bank with an existing licence. The perimeter stopped being someone else’s to draw.

2023Multicurrency

More than one currency on one balance, and the rebrand to Pryme. A Nigerian business could hold dollars without holding a second institution.

2026Agentic operations

Accounts that do the work rather than only hold value. Five agents on the account, inside a policy you write — which is where the new mark starts.

Questions

The things people ask us first.

What is Pryme?

Pryme is a financial technology company. It gives people and businesses in Nigeria one account that holds Naira alongside dollars, pounds and euros, and a set of agents that do the running of it — keeping the books, chasing what is owed, answering customers and paying bills. Nothing leaves an account without the owner’s approval.

Can I hold dollars, pounds and euros in a Pryme account?

Yes. A Pryme account holds Naira, US dollars, pounds sterling and euros side by side on one ledger, each with its own account details — a Nigerian account number, a US account number, a UK sort code and an IBAN for the euro area. You can swap between them at a rate you set, and every currency has its own statement.

What is Spaces?

Spaces is available in Nigeria. It gives a shopper money to spend that can only be spent with a participating business. The business is paid into its Naira account whether or not the shopper repays, because Pryme carries the credit. For the business it is free to join, there is nothing monthly, and the customer’s identity is never shown — only a reference and what it is worth.

What do the agents on a Pryme Business Account do?

Five agents come with the account. The Chief of Staff runs the week and keeps what is stuck moving. Finance watches the money and keeps the books as you trade. Compliance keeps the filings on time and screens what moves. Sales chases what you are owed. Customer Support answers your customers and follows up. Each has a job description, a budget and a ceiling you set, and each one proposes rather than acts — nothing leaves the account without your signature.

How does Pryme Pay work?

Pryme Pay takes payments on your own site or on a checkout page you control. The buyer is given a one-time account number and transfers to it from any bank app or by USSD — no card, no OTP, nothing to type in. The money lands in the same account your agents are running, already matched to the order and already in your books.

What are Savings Boxes?

Savings Boxes are separate pots inside a Pryme account, held in Naira. Flexible Boxes can be withdrawn at any time, Fixed Boxes hold to a date, Investment Boxes hold for longer, and Interest-free Boxes earn nothing by design. A business can use them to ring-fence payroll and the tax it withholds, so that money cannot be spent by accident.

Who holds my money, and is it protected?

Pryme is a financial technology company, not a bank. Accounts and deposits are provided by Solid Allianze Microfinance Bank Limited, which is licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria and is a member of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Can I build on Pryme?

Yes. Pryme Rails lets a platform issue a dedicated Naira account number to each of its own customers, collect into it and reconcile against it, over one API — the same rails the Pryme Business Account runs on.

What is Pryme?

Pryme is a financial technology company. It gives you one account that holds US dollars, pounds sterling and euros beside Naira, with an assistant that runs the account for you and asks before anything moves. Accounts are provided in Nigeria today, and further markets open as each licence lands.

Can I open a Pryme account from outside Nigeria?

Accounts are provided in Nigeria today, subject to verification and approval. Foreign-currency balances are held and converted inside that account, so you can hold, receive and swap dollars, pounds and euros wherever you are.

Which currencies can I hold with Pryme?

Naira, US dollars, pounds sterling and euros, side by side on one ledger. Each has its own details — a Nigerian account number, a US account number, a UK sort code and an IBAN for the euro area — and each has its own statement.

How do I send money to Nigeria with Pryme?

Swap at a rate you set rather than the rate of the day, then send to any Pryme username or to a Nigerian bank account. There is no fee to send to another Pryme account.

What does the assistant do?

Eva is the assistant inside the Pryme app. She opens accounts, moves money, saves toward your goals, pays what is due and follows up what is owed to you — and asks you before anything moves.

What is Pryme Rails?

Pryme Rails lets a platform issue a dedicated Naira account number to each of its own customers, collect into it and reconcile against it, over one API — the same rails the Pryme Business Account runs on.

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Importing Nigerian art and adire fabric into SA: duty

How South African customs treats paintings, carvings and adire cloth from Nigeria, the 15% import VAT, and Nigeria's export permit for antiquities.

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Pryme editorialDiaspora trade desk, Johannesburg · 24 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
The short answer

Artworks and adire are classified separately in the SARS tariff, art under the works-of-art headings and adire by fibre and finish, and both pay 15% import VAT on the added tax value (customs value plus duty plus 10%). Before shipping, check Nigeria's rule: under the NCMM Act no antiquity, which includes indigenous carvings and masks made before 1918, may be exported without a Commission permit.

Paintings from Lagos studios, bronze and wood pieces, and adire, the indigo resist-dyed cloth of Abeokuta and Ibadan, travel well and sell well in South African galleries and markets. Two different sets of rules apply to a shipment like this: South Africa's customs treatment on arrival, and Nigeria's control over what may leave the country. The second is the one that catches people out with older carvings.

Two very different goods for customs

For customs, an original painting and a bolt of adire cloth are unrelated. Artworks fall under the tariff headings for works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques. Textiles are classified by fibre, weave, weight and finish. Adire is usually cotton, hand-dyed by tie or paste resist, and whether it is treated as dyed or printed fabric, as made-up articles (wrappers, scarves, garments) or as fabric by the metre will decide the line.

Tariff codes share their first six digits internationally. As an illustration of how detailed they get, the UK's trade data site describes subheading 520852 as plain-woven cotton fabric of at least 85% cotton, weighing more than 100 g up to 200 g per square metre, printed, then splits it further by weight. South Africa uses the same six-digit base with its own national digits and rates, so check the current SARS tariff or ask your clearing agent to confirm. Our guide to HS codes explains the method, and ankara fabric duty covers printed wax cloth.

VAT on arrival

Whatever the duty line, SARS charges 15% VAT on the added tax value of imports: customs value plus duty plus 10% of customs value. Goods from Nigeria get the 10% uplift; only goods from Botswana, Eswatini (Swaziland), Lesotho and Namibia are spared it.

Example (illustrative)Painting, R50,000Adire, R12,000
Duty (assumed for illustration)0R2,400 (20% example rate)
10% upliftR5,000R1,200
Added tax valueR55,000R15,600
VAT at 15%R8,250R2,340

Check: 50,000 + 0 + 5,000 = 55,000, and 15% of that is 8,250. For the cloth, 12,000 + 2,400 + 1,200 = 15,600, and 15% is 2,340. The duty rates here are examples only.

Nigeria's antiquities rule

The National Commission for Museums and Monuments Act (Cap N19, Laws of the Federation 2004) says no antiquity may be exported without a permit issued by the Commission. The Act's definition of an antiquity is wide. Beyond archaeological objects and relics of early settlement, it covers indigenous works of art or craft, such as statues, carvings, house posts, doors, ancestral figures, religious masks, staffs, drums and regalia, made before 1918, and also objects of historical, artistic or scientific interest used in a traditional ceremony.

  • The Commission may inspect and seal an object before issuing a permit.
  • If it refuses, it may buy the object compulsorily at a fair local price through an accredited agent.
  • Its export permit regulations allow refusal without giving reasons.
  • Lawfully imported antiquities need no permit, but the owner must prove the lawful import.

The Commission has acted beyond Nigeria: in June 2020 its acting director-general wrote to Christie's asking it to suspend a Paris auction and give provenance for five lots, The Guardian Nigeria reported. A new painting by a living artist is not an antiquity, but an old mask bought in a Lagos market might be. If in doubt, ask the Commission before shipping, and keep the paperwork.

Commercial export papers

For commercial shipments, the Nigeria Trade Information Portal says exporters declare on Form NXP and use a licensed customs agent; non-commercial consignments use Form NCX. A gallery buying stock should ask the Nigerian seller for the NXP reference, commercial invoice and, for any older piece, the Commission's permit. Do not count on African trade preferences: SARS's 2024 notice on AfCFTA trade named Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda and Tunisia, not Nigeria; see AfCFTA certificates of origin.

Shipping works of art

Paintings and carvings need crating that survives handling at two airports or ports, and adire bales need protection from damp, which can spread indigo dye. Ask the Nigerian seller for a condition photograph of every piece before packing, and record the same on arrival; it is the evidence an insurer will want. Keep a list matching each invoice line to the item, artist and date of creation, because that list answers both a SARS query about value and any later question about whether a piece is an antiquity.

What to check first

  • Is any piece old, ceremonial or of a type listed in the Act? If so, get a Commission permit or proof that it is not an antiquity.
  • Tariff line for each item: artwork, fabric or made-up article.
  • Invoice values that reflect what you paid; under-valuation is a customs offence risk.
  • Insurance and crating for fragile works.

Where Pryme fits

Artists and adire makers in Nigeria are commonly paid in naira. A Pryme Business Account lets you hold NGN and USD and pay each maker from the right balance, with the rate and fee shown before you approve a Swap. Outside Nigeria, Pryme works through regulated partners. A verifiable receipt for each purchase strengthens provenance records; see receipts and Business multicurrency.

Questions people ask

Is there import duty on paintings brought into South Africa?

Artworks have their own tariff headings; check the current SARS rate. Import VAT at 15% on the added tax value applies either way.

Do I need a permit to export Nigerian art?

A new work by a living artist is not an antiquity. Older carvings, masks and ceremonial objects may be, and need a Commission permit under the Act.

How is adire classified for SARS?

By fibre, weave, weight and finish, and whether it is fabric or a made-up article. Your agent confirms the line.

Does AfCFTA reduce duty on Nigerian art into South Africa?

SARS's 2024 list of trading partners did not include Nigeria, so do not assume a preference.

Sources

  1. SARS: FAQ, how is VAT calculated on imported goods? (last updated 29 Apr 2025) · accessed Oct 2026
  2. National Commission for Museums and Monuments Act, Cap N19 LFN 2004 (PLAC) · accessed Oct 2026
  3. The Guardian Nigeria: NCMM moves to stop illegal trade of Nigerian art (21 Jun 2020) · accessed Oct 2026
  4. UKTradeInfo: Commodity 520852, printed plain-weave cotton · accessed Oct 2026
  5. Nigeria Trade Information Portal: Export procedure (c. 2025) · accessed Oct 2026
  6. SARS: Letter to trader, implementation of the AfCFTA Agreement (1 Feb 2024) · accessed Oct 2026

This article is general information, not financial, legal or tax advice. Products described are provided under the terms on this site and are subject to regulation and eligibility.

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