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Zuma Aid in São Tomé and Príncipe

Emergency help and community giving, with the money traceable.

How you pay in São Tomé and Príncipe

Everything is priced in STN (Db). No foreign card required.

Card Cash

Payments in this market fall under Central Bank of São Tomé and Príncipe. See our licensing status →

Where in São Tomé and Príncipe

Cities queued for launch.

São Tomé

Be first when Zuma opens in São Tomé and Príncipe

We open a market when there are enough verified drivers, vendors and listings to serve it properly — not a day earlier. Waitlist demand is the biggest input into which city we open next, so adding your name genuinely moves São Tomé and Príncipe up the queue.

One email when we launch. No marketing list, no sharing your number.

Everything inside Zuma Aid

Emergency assistance, humanitarian response and fundraising. Volunteering and heritage programmes are Zuma Culture.

Emergency response

  • Ambulance & medical emergency per call-out
  • Fire & rescue dispatch per call-out
  • Emergency shelter placement per placement
  • Gender-based violence support line per referral
  • Missing person alert per alert

Community fundraising

  • Medical bill fundraiser per campaign
  • Funeral & bereavement fund per campaign
  • School fees fundraiser per campaign
  • Disaster relief appeal per campaign
  • Community project fund (harambee) per campaign

Humanitarian & NGO

  • Verified NGO donation per donation
  • Food & supply distribution tracking per distribution
  • Cash transfer programme delivery per transfer
  • Refugee & displaced person services per referral

Give regularly

  • Monthly giving per month
  • Round-up donations per transaction
  • Corporate matched giving per donation
  • Zakat & tithe calculator per calculation

How Zuma Aid works

Emergency help and community giving, with the money traceable.

  1. 1
    Raise a case or an appeal customer

    Who it is for, how much, and what it is for — with documents.

    ⚙ Case opened; supporting documents required before publishing

  2. 2
    Verify before a shilling moves zuma

    Hospital bill, ID and beneficiary checked. Unverified appeals stay unpublished.

    ⚙ Verification queue; fraud pattern screening

  3. 3
    Give from anywhere in Africa customer

    Any Zuma market, any local rail, into one campaign.

    ⚙ Multi-currency collection; FX shown to the donor

  4. 4
    Pay the provider, not the middleman zuma

    Where possible funds go straight to the hospital or supplier.

    ⚙ Direct-to-provider disbursement; beneficiary confirmation

  5. 5
    Publish where the money went zuma

    Every campaign gets a public ledger.

    ⚙ Public audit trail; donors notified on each disbursement

Common questions

Is Zuma Aid available in São Tomé and Príncipe?

Not yet. Zuma has not opened Zuma Aid in São Tomé and Príncipe, and we would rather say so than take a booking we cannot fulfil. Join the waitlist and you will hear from us the day it opens.

When will Zuma launch in São Tomé and Príncipe?

São Tomé and Príncipe is in tier 3 of the rollout. We open a market when there are enough verified providers on the ground to serve it properly — waitlist demand is the main input into which city comes next.

What will I be able to pay with in São Tomé and Príncipe?

Zuma will support Card and Cash, priced in STN.

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