Finally! Finally!! Finally!!! PayPal has officially expanded their payment services to Nigeria and 9 other countries.
These countries include: Belarus, Paraguay, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe, as well as Macedonia
I am so excited because now a Nigerian or an African entrepreneur can finally do transactions online without restriction or whatsoever.
Wow! This is good… i still remember way back in the early days, when internet was new to us, a friend of mine needed to purchase a book for his final thesis in school.
We hit a brick wall has we got to know at the time that PayPal was not accepting Nigerians. To make matter worse, Paypal was the only option we had of checking out. So we never bought the book, sad right?
With the absence of paypal, This has slowed the growth of ecommerce and education of Nigerians and other restricted countries on ecommerce or making online transactions with the aid of an online account or using their card.
Shopping for electronics, phones, clothes and books from the UK&US were not easy to come by – everyone asked for PayPal. I am proud to say: I was one of the few well-meaning Nigerians that signed a petition against Paypal to restore its service in Nigeria. And thank God they heard us.
Do you remember?
I still remember! Before a ban country can have a verified paypal account, they must hide behind a proxy and have a virtual credit card before they can go through with the process. But many good people still get caught at the long run, why? Because, it is impossible to cheat a program for a longer period 
Must Read: HOW TO OPEN AND VERIFY PAYPAL ACCOUNT IN NIGERIA FOR FREE
Now PayPal is here, let’s do away with the negatives. This is fantastic news for SMEs, Online Shopping companies in Nigeria and people like us that shop and do business that requires using PayPal.
How to Get a Verified PayPal account
Having successfully created and verified a Nigerian PayPal account, without any proxy whatsoever, I will show you the step by step guide on how to get a verified PayPal account for yourself. So are you ready for the best tutorial of all time?
First off, Open your favourite browser, and head to Paypal.com
Click “Sign Up” button located above the homepage. See image below
Then, you will be redirected to another page. Here, you click on the ‘’Open an Account’’ button as illustrated in the image below. Whilst on this page, be sure Nigeria is the selected country. Their system automatically detects your country based on your IP address, so be sure not to use a proxy program when opening your account.
You will be redirected to a form page where you will enter all your details. Here, I advise you choose a very strong password.
Note: When required to save password, click never. Do not ever, ever save your PayPal account on your computer or that of a friend or family.
Your next hurdle is a small security challenge to prove; you are human. Enter the letters you can see(not paypal scattered in background). See image below…
After the above step, you will be sent to the next stage, you will be required to fill in your card details. See image below…
First, you type in the number on your own atm (Refer to number highlighted in yellow in image below).
Next, you select the expiry date of your card. To find this, refer to Black highlight in image above.
Last hurdle here is to find the CSC number, which you will normally find at the back of your card: It is a three digit number. See image below…
Next check your address and make sure it is same with the address you used when opening that account tied to the card you are using. Done, click ‘Conitnue’.
Note: if you already have a PayPal account and want to add your Debit card details, here’s how to do it the perfect way:
Steps:
Click on the Profile Menu -> Add/Edit Credit Card ( You can add your debit card here even though it says Credit Card )
Second step, you’ll have to insert all the particulars of your debit/credit card and once success, you’ll see this screen.
Fill up with all your details, then click continue. You will be directed to a page where you will be required to verify your account.
If you are using a Gt Bank MasterCard like me, you will be sent a code when GTB alerts you of an international transaction on your card. Check carefully in the notification and you will see the code. It is usually a four digit code. Mine was something like this: ‘’PP*1212CODE’’
This amount is just an authorization charge. It will be returned after you validate your account. To verify your account, you need to enter the code sent to you. Normally, your account will look like…
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Final Step, login to your PayPal and look under Notifications -> Confirm my debit or credit card
Key in the code number, for example, mine was 1212. Now, you can use your PayPal account to buy that Rolex Watch you have always loved or that gaming pc you saw on Ebay. The opportunities are endless except; you can transfer money with your PayPal account yet.
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Hi Babanature,
It sounds great. I am also happy with the good news, Babanature.
From your article you sounded very pleased with this news. In my country, PayPal existing but not many people know about it. Sometimes I find that an employee who works in a bank, don’t know PayPal and instead asked back “What is PayPal?”
Hahaha..!!
Yes, all businesses should have started to go online. It is a great opportunity to grow the business, isn’t it?
Thanks for sharing this tutorial, Babanature.
Do have a wonderful week ahead.
Nanda
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Hello Nanda,
Indeed, i feel excited because my online business what limited due to not having a paypal account. But thank God, we can now hope for the best
Ahhh… not too many people know what is paypal except people who often transact online, but for a banker not to know what is paypal? that indeed funny
Thank you for stopping by mate. Hope you’re having a beautiful weekend…
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Babanature, i tried verufying using my GT Master card but its telling me to try again later i really need this thing, your and will be highly appreciated, Thanks.
Hello Eedris,
The simple reason your GT Master Card is not being accepted, is simply because your card does not have enough many. Try to fund your mastercard with 1000 naira and try it again. i am sure it will be accepted…
Thank you for stopping by and do tell me how the story goes.
Great news. Now there is no restriction for every Nigeria. I remember banging my head when I wanted to purchase an item and had to use paypal. Today it’s history.
Yes o, Ikechi
Now online transaction will not be restricted anymore…
Thanks and do have a faithful weekend.
Hi Excellent Post ,
Nice post..Thanks for posting this, I saw a couple other similar posts but yours was the best so far. The ideas are strongly pointed out and clearly emphasized.
thank you for sharing .
Hello Lalitha,
Thank you for seeing the post as an excellent post. and i do hope you shared the post with your friends, right?
anyways, thanks for the comment and do have a nice week ahead…
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Thats really awesome news for nigerian. I’ll make sure to share it with my nigerian friends.
Thanks for share.
Hello Steven,
I am sure that they are going to be thrilled hearing this
Thanks for the comment and do have a nice week and a beautiful weekend start…
Verification process should be very easy and straightforward. I had a lot of headaches in the past when I found out that I can’t use Paypal addreess from my home country and my current location and have to go into similar procedure that is described above.
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Hello Kaloyan,
Before the introduction of paypal to Nigeria, the process of signing up was difficult but not now. Now we can easily apply like the simple process above.
Thanks for stopping by and dropping a comment. do have a wonderful week ahead…
Hi Baba,
This is great news for all Nigerian and definitely will share with other blogger and Nigerian friends.
Thanks for sharing.
Keep p;osting.
Hello Addison,
And i am sure your Nigerian friends are going to be thrilled to see this post
Thanks for stopping by and do have a nice week ahead
Hi Babanature,
That’s definitely great that they opened Paypal in Nigeria and other African countries, because it’s going to open so many opportunities for entrepreneurs of these countries often not favored. I’m really glad for all those folks. And thanks for letting the rest of the world know. I had no idea.
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Hello Sylviane,
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Yes, this is indeed a great innovation for we Africans. Now we can easily do transaction easily with the rest of the world
Thanks for stopping by and dropping your awesome comment. Do have a wonderful weekend ahead…
Hi babanature
It is good to learn PayPal started operations in many African countries. It will be so helpful for bloggers there to make their money transactions online without involvement of any third party.
You well explained here the whole process of how to get PayPal account. In a listed company there is no need to go for proxy and one can put all the organic information to get the account working.
In our part of the world in Asia still most of the countries including my country Pakistan don’t have this facility. But we are also hoping to have this in near future.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful post that now will be a direct need of most of the bloggers in your area.
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Hello Mi,
We bloggers in Africa did sign a partition and thank God, its been heard.
I am sure that if your Country sign a partition as well, they will lift their restriction in your zone.
Thanks for stopping by and dropping your comment. Do have a wonderful week ahead…
Paypal is easy to use. and really useful for online business. Congratuations my friend I hope this good news will ease your business.
Cheers
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Hello Okto,
Yeah, paypal has open door for more business opportunities and that’s a plus.
Thanks for stopping by and do have a wonderful weekend…
Hi Babanature,
That’s definitely great news that they opened Paypal in Nigeria and another 9 African countries!! Doing the happy dance for you guys. I was looking if Egypt was one of them but I didn’t see it. Do you have an idea if PayPal is available in Egypt and the Middle Eastern countries of not?
Thanks Babanature for the update!! Have yourself a great rest of the week!!
Be Blessed,
Neamat
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Hello Neamant,
Ahah… indeed bringing paypal to Africa has opened doors for Africa’s entrepreneurs and that’s a plus.
Yes, Egypt also is eligible to apply for a paypal account, as their country is also listed
Thanks for stopping by, i really do appreciate it. have a lovely weekend start.
Hi Babanature! Thanks for that piece of information. Please I tried signing up on PayPal but I didn’t see Nigeria in the listed country, what do I do?
Hello Cj,
Simply empty your cache and try signing up again and make sure you are not using any proxy when registering. . There is Nigeria in the list of countries
Hi gys ,
thi si really amazing article , great information regarding how to get a verfied paypal account . Ive read your stuff before and you are just too fantastic.Thanks for great stuff.
thank you for sharing.
Hi Baba,
I’m glad that PayPal has ventured into African countries this time. African countries have a lots of potential, and with the coming of PayPal, more and more folks would shift to online world. It would be a great help to the bloggers out there.
Thanks,
Sayantan