• VALR has reportedly been one of the most requested apps to be added to the AppGallery.
• In South Africa there are an estimated 8.5 million Huawei device users, all of whom can now access the app.
• Huawei device owners will also gain access to VALR Pay, which facilitates payments between accounts in crypto or cash.

You’ve likely seen its “Got Bitcoin?” billboards along the highway locally, but you may not know that VALR is the largest cryptocurrency exchange headquartered in Africa. The platform is continuing to grow, which is why its mobile app has made its way onto the Huawei AppGallery.

It marks a fairly important arrival for the AppGallery, which has been working hard to make more locally relevant apps available in its marketplace, despite the fact that the Play Store and App Store still dominate the space.

Huawei is hoping the addition of this app to its marketplace can prove beneficial, especially among local crypto traders.

“The partnership is important for both VALR and Huawei, both of which have identified African markets as an important growth opportunity. VALR aims to widen access to financial services as part of its future plans, while Huawei is constantly looking at ways to increase its offering and overall experience to its customers. In South Africa alone, there are over 8.5 million Huawei device users, growing each month,” it added in a press release sent to Hypertext.

“One of the most exciting products that Huawei users can now access is VALR Pay, which offers VALR customers the ability to send or receive free payments to any VALR account in either crypto or fiat currency, quickly and safely. With VALR Pay, it’s possible to send and receive payments anywhere in the world at no cost, a huge benefit to African markets where sending money is often prohibitively expensive,” it adds.

To check out the app for yourself in the AppGallery, head here.