France is Sohana's home market and founding base. With over 1.3 million Cameroonians, Senegalese, Malians, Congolese, and Ivorian communities across Paris, Lyon, Marseille, and Bordeaux, France has one of the largest and most active African diaspora populations in Europe — and one of the most underserved by existing financial infrastructure.
French-based users hold EUR wallets by default. Sohana supports direct conversion from EUR to XAF (CFA Franc), GHC, NGN, and ZAR at 0.7% — significantly below the 7–12% typically charged by wire services for the same corridors.
Communities from Cameroon, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, the DRC, and Côte d'Ivoire are already active on the platform. French-language support across the full interface and the EN/FR toggle in the navigation makes Sohana as comfortable in French as in English.
From a French account, you can hold and convert between: