Ooredoo launches Walletii in Tunisia, its second market after Oman

Ooredoo Fintech commercially launched Walletii in Tunisia on August 29, 2026, an e-wallet the Central Bank of Tunisia had approved on February 23, 2026. Tunisia becomes the product's second market after Oman, where Walletii has operated since 2024.

A standard mobile money lineup

The app covers the usual building blocks for a wallet of this kind: domestic transfers between users, inbound remittances sent from abroad via the MoneyGram network, merchant QR-code payments, bill payment, plus cash deposits and withdrawals through a network of agents spread across the country. The service runs in partnership with the regional banking group QNB and with Monétique Tunisie, the country's national electronic payments operator, giving it access to clearing infrastructure already in place locally.

• Domestic transfers between app users
• Inbound international remittances via MoneyGram
• Merchant QR-code payments
• Bill payment
• Cash deposit and withdrawal at Ooredoo agents

A launch campaign timed to back-to-school

Through September 15, Walletii is offering new users a full refund of school fees paid through the app, capped at three children and 24 dinars total. The timing isn't incidental: Tunisia's back-to-school season, in September, is a peak payment period for households, and a familiar entry point for getting a new payment method in front of customers who aren't used to one.

The backdrop: financial inclusion and cash's staying power

Tunisia's digital payment market still runs on modest bank penetration and cash's persistent hold on everyday transactions. Monetary authorities see a two-part goal in that: pushing back a largely cash-settled informal economy, and extending financial access to a population not always served by a traditional bank. The license granted to Ooredoo Fintech fits a broader pattern of opening the market to non-bank players, already visible across several North African markets.