Send money from Kenya to Bangladesh
The Nairobi to Dhaka route has a specific shape. African traders buy garments and generic pharmaceuticals from Dhaka, and African businesses hire Bangladeshi freelancers. Grey handles the conversion in Nairobi and delivers BDT to BRAC Bank or any other Bangladeshi bank.
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Nairobi to Dhaka, in one conversion
African traders buy garments and generic pharmaceuticals from Dhaka, and African businesses hire Bangladeshi freelancers. For senders in Nairobi, the practical question is simple: how much lands, and when.
Grey answers both before you confirm. KES converts to BDT once, the fee is shown separately, and the money reaches Sonali Bank, BRAC Bank, Dutch-Bangla Bank, Islami Bank, City Bank as a normal deposit. Kenyans top up by M-Pesa or bank transfer from KCB, Equity or Co-operative Bank. Nairobi's dollar-earning tech and NGO workforce can send from USD directly.
How sending to Bangladesh works
Sign up
Open the app, scan your national ID or passport, take a selfie. Most accounts in Kenya are approved within minutes. Grey works with licensed partners in Kenya.
Fund
Top up in shillings by M-Pesa or bank transfer. If you're paid in foreign currency, that balance can fund the transfer directly.
Send
Copy the recipient's bank, branch and account number from their statement. Grey quotes KES to BDT and shows the taka before you confirm.
The real price of taka from Kenya
One conversion, KES to BDT, with the rate and fee disclosed before you send from Nairobi. Bangladeshi freelancers and small suppliers are used to being paid in dollars and losing a margin to their bank. Paying in taka, at a rate they can check, marks you out as a client worth keeping.
Locked at confirmation
A rate that holds means you can promise someone in Dhaka an exact BDT figure and know it will arrive. Bangladeshi freelancers and small suppliers are used to being paid in dollars and losing a margin to their bank. Paying in taka, at a rate they can check, marks you out as a client worth keeping.
Grey fixes KES to BDT at the tap, every time, from Nairobi or anywhere else in Kenya.
Why domestic delivery matters in Bangladesh
Anyone in Nairobi who has wired money to Dhaka the old way knows the feeling of not knowing what landed. Bangladeshi freelancers and small suppliers are used to being paid in dollars and losing a margin to their bank. Paying in taka, at a rate they can check, marks you out as a client worth keeping.
Your recipient's view in Bangladesh
A standard BDT deposit into an account at BRAC Bank or any other bank in Bangladesh. It appears as a local transfer on their statement. No Grey account needed on their side, only on yours in Nairobi.
Account credit, not pickup
BDT goes into the account at Sonali Bank, BRAC Bank, Dutch-Bangla Bank, Islami Bank, City Bank. No queue, no agent.
Reuse the details
Save the Dhaka recipient and every later transfer is three taps.
Track from Nairobi
Pending, converted, delivered: each stage shows in the app.
Before you send
Kenyans top up by M-Pesa or bank transfer from KCB, Equity or Co-operative Bank. Nairobi's dollar-earning tech and NGO workforce can send from USD directly. Then Dhaka is a conversion and a tap.
Bank transfer
KCB, Equity, Co-operative Bank, NCBA or M-Pesa to your Grey KES account, usually within minutes.
Foreign earnings
USD from an overseas employer or platform can fund the Bangladesh transfer directly.
Wallet balance
Convert and send the same minute.
Save the recipient in Dhaka once and a repeat transfer from Nairobi takes three taps.
What the money is for
Remote hiring
Monthly pay for Bangladeshi developers, designers and support staff.
Pharmaceutical buyers
Payments to Bangladeshi generic drug manufacturers and distributors.
Family support
Monthly transfers to relatives in Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet and Comilla.
Garment importers
Deposits and balance payments to factories in Dhaka, Gazipur and Chittagong.
Nairobi's tech and NGO workforce is paid in dollars, and Kenyans send abroad for study, trade and family. On the Bangladesh side, the picture is this. African traders buy garments and generic pharmaceuticals from Dhaka, and African businesses hire Bangladeshi freelancers.
The case for Grey on this route
Between Nairobi and Dhaka, the problem is well known. Bangladeshi freelancers and small suppliers are used to being paid in dollars and losing a margin to their bank. Paying in taka, at a rate they can check, marks you out as a client worth keeping. Grey's fixed rate and visible fee exist so nothing about the transfer from Nairobi is left to chance.
One conversion from KES in Nairobi, rate locked, BDT delivered to Sonali Bank, BRAC Bank, Dutch-Bangla Bank, Islami Bank, City Bank or any other bank in Bangladesh.
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