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• 2026-05-12 · 6 min read

  The real cost of sending $200 to Nigeria in 2026

  Breaking down the true fee a Nigerian diaspora sender pays on a $200 transfer, across the top providers in 2026.

• 2026-04-28 · 5 min read

  Why airtime top-ups cost 18 percent more than face value

  The markup on diaspora airtime top-ups is not a bug, it is the business model. Here is how it works, by country.

• 2026-03-10 · 4 min read

  Diaspora remittance fees by country, a 2026 league table

  Ranking 13 diaspora corridors by blended remittance fee and airtime markup, with links to the underlying math.

• 2026-02-20 · 4 min read

  How weekly cash drawings work at Airtime Money

  Plain English on how the Friday cash draw is built, audited and paid out.

• 2026-01-15 · 5 min read

  Cuba corridor: why fees are 9.5% and what to do about it

  Cuba is the most expensive corridor in our index. Here is why, and how diaspora senders can claw some of it back.

• 2025-12-02 · 5 min read

  Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Guinea: the small-corridor tax

  Smaller diaspora corridors carry the highest fees, and the people sending have the least slack. Here is what we see.