Question 1

How to generate Diool API tokens?

Accepted Answer

Diool's RESTful API gives you the possibility to integrate your website or application with the Diool API and begin collecting payments. This feature allows you to seamlessly integrate with Diool and reap the benefits of our application by allowing a simpler checkout process for your website.

If you need to generate new API tokens, you can do so from your Dashboard with a few clicks. This will be particularly useful if your secret key has been lost or compromised in any way.

To generate the M2M tokens:

1- In your Dashboard, go to **Settings **in the left navigation menu and then click on Developer Options in the dropdown menu. 2- Click on Generate API Token at the top right hand corner of the page. 3- Click on either _Live _or _Sandbox _ to select the API token type and then click on Generate || Sandbox Token: Allows you to test the configuration of your integration in a testing environment || Live Token: Enables you to receive real money from your customers. Only available to users on the "Pro" pricing plan 4- Copy and save the token in a Notepad. Once you’re done click on "I’ve copied and saved the token". Your previous token(s) will be deactivated and the new one will be available immediately. ||| NOTE: Please copy and save the API Token as it’s only visible once.

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Question 2

What is Diool and How Does it Work?

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Diool is synonymous with commercial exchange and takes its name from the Dioula language, spoken in several Central and West African countries, when it comes to buying or selling.

We've been around since 2015, and the platform as it stands today is the result of technological and regulatory innovations over the past several years. Our goal is to develop a safe and effective product to serve businesses’ financial needs.

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Our solution is based on innovation, guaranteeing each user a safe way to manage payments and transactions.

Our platform ensures that all operations are executed in a reliable and secure manner. Diool's unique digital platform allows retail businesses to conduct their merchant transactions through a single interface, saving time and operational costs.

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Via a single platform, Diool offers the following financial services to businesses:

payments via mobile money or credit cards
customer payments via an e-commerce site, a dedicated link or a Diool point
money transfers to banks or mobile money services
management of a network of points of sale
purchase of phone credit

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Question 3

Getting Started with the Diool API | Introduction

Accepted Answer

Our RESTful API gives you the possibility to integrate your website or application with the Diool API and begin collecting payments via mobile money in Cameroon.

The Diool API will enable you to:

Collect digital payments from any payer with a valid mobile money account through a unique, one-time API Request called directly from within your own application.
Transfer funds from a Diool account to any beneficiary with a valid mobile money account.
Check your Diool account balance and revenue.
Check the status of a transaction.

To quickly get up and running with the Diool API, you can follow the steps in this guide. We recommend using our sandbox environment to test the API, but the same steps are applicable for our production environment, bearing some changes to the API tokens and environment URL.

Whether you are using the sandbox or production environment, the main steps will be the same as follow:

Create an account with Diool here. A Starter plan allows you to test in a sandbox environment with simulated responses, while a Pro plan or above allows you to use Live API tokens and see your account's transactions history.
Refer to the API documentation to understand how it works and how to test or use the main endpoints.
You can refer to this guide to learn how to generate API tokens.

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Question 4

How to create a company in Cameroon?

Accepted Answer

This information is taken from the article The Steps to Creating a Business in Cameroon.

Once reserved for professionals, the procedures for creating a business in Cameroon have been simplified in recent years, so that now anyone wishing to create a business can do so themselves. The procedure is simple and relatively inexpensive.

The creation of a company in Cameroon is done at the Centre for Business Creation Formalities (CFCE). The CFCE is represented in all regions of Cameroon.

The process of creation varies according to the type of business.

Types of businesses in Cameroon

There are two main types of enterprises: natural persons or establishments and legal persons or companies.

Natural persons or establishments (ETS). This is an ideal business form for entrepreneurs or traders who want to act alone without a partner. It does not require share capital and does not require articles of association. The assets of the company and the promoter are combined.
Legal persons or companies.

This is a form of company with a defined capital which requires the association of at least two persons. The partners can be adults or minors or even another company. The assets of the company and the partners are separate.

The process of starting a business

1. Establishments

The documents to be provided to create an establishment in Cameroon are the following:

02 simple photocopies of the promoter's National Identity

Question 5

What is the Business Registration Number (RCCM)

Accepted Answer

When creating your Diool account, we ask for your Business Registration Number in the Trade and Personal Property Credit Register (RCCM) of the Republic of Cameroon.

When creating your Diool account, we ask for your registration number in the Trade and Personal Property Credit Register (RCCM) of the Republic of Cameroon. The RCCM receives the registration:

natural persons having the status of merchant;
commercial entities (SNC, SARL, SA, SCS) having their headquarters in Cameroon;
commercial companies in which the State or a legal person governed by public law is associated (national companies, semi-public companies).

For more details on the procedures for registering with the Trade and Personal Property Credit Register (RCCM), click here

Why we ask for this information?

As an institution processing financial transactions, we are obliged to carry out checks on companies that register to use our service. Therefore, this information helps us verify and approve your business as soon as possible.

Question 6

How to view and download the transaction history?

Accepted Answer

To export transaction history from the web application

To export transaction history from the Mobile application

| Check your inbox (including spam) for an e-mail received from "Diool" containing the history that you can download afterwards.

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