SEP 15, 2021
2021 Episode 2 Andy Jury Mukuru
This week, Andrew Barden, the Director of Insights at Dedalus Global and Lead Organizer of the Africa Fintech Summit, sits down with Andy Jury, the CEO of the Mukuru Group, to discuss everything from Mukuru’s successes in addressing financial inclusion to the company’s plans for pan-African mastery.
AUG 9, 2021
2021 Episode #01: Update on Africa Fintech Summit in Cairo, Egypt on November 16-17, 2021
Leland Rice, Founder & CEO of Dedalus Global, and Zekarias Amsalu, Founder & CEO of Ibex Frontier, discuss the details behind this year’s Africa Fintech Summit in Cairo, Egypt on November 16-17, 2021. This conversation dives into what attendees can expect at the conference, why the AFTS Advisory…
JUL 18, 2019
Zekarias Amsalu, Founder & Managing Director, IBEX Frontier
Today on the pod we announce the host city for the November 2019 Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS). Hint: it’s the capital of Africa’s fastest growing economy and second largest country. We chat with the 2019 AFTS Co-Organizer Zekarias Amsalu—who runs IBEX Frontier, an investment consultancy…
MAY 29, 2019
Francesco Pasti, Senior Manager, Inclusive Fintech, GSMA
Mobile money now accounts for more than 866 million registered users and $1.3 billion transacted every day, according to GSMA’s 2018 “State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money,” the definitive look at this rapidly growing industry that is transforming financial inclusion in Africa and globally.
FEB 28, 2019
Saqib Nazir, Managing Director for Africa at Emergent Technology
Saqib Nazir is the Managing Director for Africa of Emergent Technology, the CEO of Interpay Africa, and a veteran fintech entrepreneur in Ghana. When Ghana-based Interpay merged with California-based Emergent Technology this past December, Saqib became the tip of the spear for an “Africa…
FEB 21, 2019
Olugbenga Abgoola, Co-Founder & CEO of Flutterwave
This week Flutterwave was named number two on Fast Company’s list of the 10 most innovative companies in Africa for 2019. And with good reason. When Olugbenga (aka GB) co-founded the company in 2016, he set out to build a digital payments infrastructure for Africa. Less than three…