You never have to buy a whole bitcoin. Type a naira amount, see the rate per bitcoin and the slice your naira buys, and the BTC lands in your Yesa wallet.
Open the Yesa app to see exactly what your naira buys.
A bitcoin divides into one hundred million pieces called satoshis.
Most first purchases stall on the price of one whole bitcoin, which is beside the point. You type a naira figure and the screen tells you what fraction of a bitcoin it is. Wallets often show small amounts in satoshis, or sats, so 0.0005 BTC and 50,000 sats are the same thing.
That is also why Bitcoin works for small amounts: there is no minimum coin to reach, only the minimum purchase the screen shows on the day.
Two things, and only one of them is Bitcoin.
This is the number in the news. It moves around the clock, every day of the week.
Bitcoin is priced in dollars worldwide, so when the naira weakens, Bitcoin costs more naira even if its dollar price has not moved. The gap between official and street dollar rates shows up here too: the naira premium tracker follows it daily.
So a Bitcoin purchase is two bets in one: on Bitcoin, and on the naira against the dollar. Buying a stablecoin like USDT takes only the second. This page explains how buying works on Yesa. It is not a view on whether to buy any coin, and nothing here is financial advice.
Bitcoin you hold in your Yesa wallet stays put until you do something with it. Selling it back for naira happens inside Yesa, so nothing travels over the Bitcoin network and there is no block to wait for; the naira goes to any Nigerian bank account with zero sell fees.
Sending it to your own wallet is different. That move goes over the Bitcoin network, where a new block lands about every ten minutes and the network fee, paid in BTC, rises when the network is busy. The send screen shows the fee before you confirm. Send only to a Bitcoin address, and copy it rather than typing it.
The same four steps for every coin, with the figure on screen before you commit.
Buy sits next to Sell on the home screen. Pick Bitcoin from the list.
The screen shows roughly how much BTC that buys, the rate per coin, and the smallest and largest amount allowed right now.
From your Yesa naira balance, or by bank transfer of the exact total from an account in your own name. Confirm with your password or transaction PIN, whichever your app asks for. Nothing is charged until you transfer, and cancelling costs nothing.
Straight away from a naira balance, a few minutes after a bank transfer. The BTC is then yours to hold, swap, send or sell back.
Today's rate per bitcoin when you sell is at Bitcoin to naira rate, with a 30 day chart, and the market price in naira is at Bitcoin price in naira. Selling back is sell Bitcoin for naira.
In Yesa, tap Buy, choose BTC and type the naira amount. Pay from your Yesa naira balance or by bank transfer from an account in your name, confirm with your password or transaction PIN, and the BTC arrives in your Yesa wallet.
No. A bitcoin divides into one hundred million satoshis, so you buy by naira amount and receive a fraction. The screen shows what your amount buys before you confirm.
The smallest unit of Bitcoin: one hundred millionth of a bitcoin. 100,000 sats is 0.001 BTC.
Because Bitcoin is priced in dollars. When the naira weakens against the dollar, the same bitcoin costs more naira.
Inside Yesa, straight away from a naira balance and a few minutes after a bank transfer. Sending it on to another wallet then takes Bitcoin network time, roughly ten minutes per block.
The rate per bitcoin is on screen before you confirm. Until then the amount is an estimate, and on a bank transfer the final amount is fixed when your transfer arrives.
Almost always one of three things: it came from an account in someone else's name, the amount was rounded instead of exact, or the single use account had already stopped accepting transfers. Nothing is charged until you transfer, and cancelling costs nothing.
Yes. Buying, holding and selling cryptocurrency is legal for individuals in Nigeria. Digital assets are recognised under the Investments and Securities Act 2025, and the Securities and Exchange Commission regulates digital asset services. Crypto is not legal tender, and profits from trading may be taxable, so keep your own records of what you buy and sell. This is general information rather than legal or tax advice; the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Central Bank of Nigeria publish the current position.
The Yesa Team. Details checked 3 October 2026. Information about other products comes from their own help pages and documentation; if you spot something out of date, tell us and we will correct it.