• Zweka
  • Nigeria
  • Getting started
  • Payments

What is Zweka? Nigeria’s marketplace with held payment

Zweka is a Nigerian buy-sell-swap marketplace where only verified sellers list, and buyer payment is held until you confirm the item. Here is the short version.

Idowu Adeyinka

1 min read

Zweka is a Nigerian marketplace for used (and some new) goods and services. You can sell, swap, auction, or give away — and checkout is built so money is held until the buyer confirms.

How Zweka is different

Old wayOn Zweka
Anonymous seller in a DMOnly verified sellers list
“Pay into my Opay”Held payment
Hope the item matches photosInspect, then Accept
Argue in chat foreverDisputes with evidence

Compare: vs WhatsApp · vs Facebook Marketplace · vs Jiji.

What you can do

Getting started

Buyers: create an account, find a listing, pay in-app. Sellers: verify, list one item, keep chat and payment on Zweka. Day-by-day: your first week.

Fees

Platform fees are transparent at checkout — Zweka fees explained.

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