Tag: Start up

The ecosystem in Côte d’Ivoire comprises 37 FinTechs alongside 18 enablers and funding partners. Inclusive FinTechs catalyze financial inclusion by providing convenience and ease of use of products and services. They represent a new paradigm of design and implementation strategies for financial inclusion. However, they also pose new challenges.

The DRC offers massive market potential for nascent technology start-ups. The political environment supports innovation, entrepreneurship, and digital services. The objective of the National Digital Plan is to drive a vibrant market and improve infrastructure to accelerate opportunities to drive financial inclusion.

Bernie Akporiaye launched MaTontine in 2015. His objective was to provide a digital financial services platform so as to unlock access to financial services for the financially excluded in Africa. MaTontine goes back to a system used all over Africa called Tontines in Francophone Africa and sometimes called saving circles in other parts of Africa. Read more about this success story.

In this video, MicroSave interviews many industry leaders such as Nitin Gachayte CEO of Drishtee, Moumita Sen Sharma, Chairperson RBS Foundation India, Shubhankar Gupta, Managing Director, Arohan etc and asks them to share their experience and the challenges they faced in their venture. Simultaneously this video gives insights to those who want to understand how […]