What it costs to send money to Africa
Fees and exchange-rate margins for sending money to African countries by corridor and provider type, from World Bank Remittance Prices Worldwide and central banks, dated. Updated 20 October 2026.
Explainers
- How remittance fees work
The two parts of a remittance price, how the World Bank measures total cost, the 3% SDG target and the latest global and Sub-Saharan Africa averages.
Corridors
- Sending money to Ethiopia: costs and inflows
World Bank Q3 2025 average costs to send money to Ethiopia from the US, UK and Saudi Arabia, provider types, and National Bank of Ethiopia figures.
- Sending money to Kenya: costs and inflows
World Bank Q3 2025 average costs to send money to Kenya from the US, UK and Tanzania, provider types, and Central Bank of Kenya remittance figures.
- Sending money to Nigeria: costs and inflows
World Bank Q3 2025 average costs to send money to Nigeria from the US, UK and Ghana, provider types, and Central Bank of Nigeria remittance figures.
- Sending money to Uganda: costs and inflows
World Bank Q3 2025 average costs to send money to Uganda from the UK and Kenya, provider types, and Bank of Uganda remittance figures for 2025.
Remittance Fees is published by Onward Africa, a communications firm. It is not a government website. Our methodology page explains who we are and how we check every figure.