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kenza_abdelhaq

Private equity investment in leading mobile payments platform | responsAbility - 0 views

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Fawry Egypt Services

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  • Fawry is the leading mobile payments platform in Egypt. Through a network of 65,000 agents, mostly small shop owners, Fawry allows 20 million customers to perform a variety of transactions such as utility bills payments, airtime top-ups or merchant transactions. Over the years, Fawry has created a platform connecting all clients’ channels of payments including bank accounts, credit cards and mobile wallets with any of the 23 banks connected to its platform. Fawry’s success has been to build acceptance and usage from clients as well as banks and merchants.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      Fawry's services, operations, and network include small shop owners, a variety of transactions, and a platform connecting clients and more than 20 banks.
  • Speaking on behalf of Fawry, Ashraf Sabry, CEO, said: “Our efficient payment platform and network will enable us to provide financial services for sections of the population that have so far been underserved – at costs that will allow the model to be commercially sustainable. At the same, we aim to further spread cashless transaction in Egypt, thereby serving customers as well as commerce.”
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      Fawry is targeting customers as well as commerce while focusing on providing financial services to the underserved. The company focuses on financial inclusion while maintaining a certain level of costs to have a commercially sustainable model.
  • kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
     
    "Fawry is the leading mobile payments platform in Egypt. Through a network of 65,000 agents, mostly small shop owners, Fawry allows 20 million customers to perform a variety of transactions such as utility bills payments, airtime top-ups or merchant transactions. Over the years, Fawry has created a platform connecting all clients' channels of payments including bank accounts, credit cards and mobile wallets with any of the 23 banks connected to its platform. Fawry's success has been to build acceptance and usage from clients as well as banks and merchants."
nouhaila_zaki

AgroCenta - 0 views

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AgroCenta Ghana Competitive Advantage

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  • AgroCenta's innovation focuses on the post harvest value chain. The suite of services within AgroCenta provides an end-to-end solution that ensures that it provides a win-win situation for the smallholder farmer and all active players in the value chain. If a smallholder farmer wants to know the latest market price of maize in the nearest market to enable him price competitively, he uses AgroInfo to request for information via SMS and Voice solutions. After the farmers has made a decision on how much to sell, the farmer's commodity information are uploaded onto the AgroTrade platform to connect him to buyers. When a trade agreement is reached between the farmer and a buyer, the farmer requests for TruckR, which is the truck delivery service component of AgroCenta, in real time using mobile phone. After the commodities are sold to the buyer, the farmer is paid via the AgroPay solution, which is the financial inclusion platform within AgroCenta
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 12 Feb 21
       
      The important message to take from AgroCenta is that it gives win-win situations for all players. Smallholder farmers as well as those active in the value chain are taking advantage of this concept.
  • AgroCenta targets about 10 million smallholder farmers in Sub Saharan Africa within the next 5 years to help them trade fairly. Over 90% of these smallholder farmers live under $1 and are not able to make enough money from sales proceed to take care of their families and re-invest a percentage of the money raised back into their farms.
    • mehdibella
      mehdibella on 13 Feb 21
       
      AgroCenta's value proposition lies in the advantage of providing the last mile market access for smallholder farmers in the staple food value chain through extensive collaboration with many partners who play an active role in the value chain.
  • AgroCenta's value proposition lies in the advantage of providing the last mile market access for smallholder farmers in the staple food value chain through extensive collaboration with many partners who play an active role in the value chain.
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  • AgroCenta provides an end-to-end solution for smallholder farmers in the post-harvest value chain from farm to market, leveraging on technology to create impact. AgroCenta's services include a market linkage platform (AgroTrade) linking farmers directly to buyers and removing exploitative buying, TruckR which is an on-demand trucks and logistics services (uber for trucks), AgroPay which is a financial inclusion plaform for the rural unbanked smallholder farmer.
  • AgroCenta has launched and piloted its Smallholder Farmer Integration Platform (AgroTrade) and has currently signed up over 7500 smallholder farmers in the staple food (rice, maize, soybean, sorghum and millet) value chain and connected them to a larger market (offtakers) to trade fairly. Also AgroCenta has recruited the services of 30 agents who work in close collaboration with smallholder farmer and farmer based organizations in 30 communities. Agents are responsible for signing up smallholder farmers onto the AgroCenta platform, uploading trade deals on behalf of farmers and collecting market price information from major markets across the Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions in Ghana.
    • tahaemsd
      tahaemsd on 12 Feb 21
       
      Agrocenta provides an end to end solution for smallholder farmers in the post-harvest value chain from farm to market
  • Competitive AdvantageAgroCenta's value proposition lies in the advantage of providing the last mile market access for smallholder farmers in the staple food value chain through extensive collaboration with many partners who play an active role in the value chain. Secondly the provision of an on-demand access to trucks (uber for trucks) enables commodities to be moved from farms to markets etc in real time, reducing food glut and ensuring food security.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it highlights the competitive advantage that Agrocenta enjoys. This advantage relies upon two components: 1- The company's partners who are crucial actors in the value chain, 2- The provision of on-demand trucks that allow for the smooth and swift movement of goods.
  • AgroCenta is currently operating in 3 out of 10 regions in Ghana. Our expansion plans are to rollout the platform in the remaining 7 regions of Ghana by end of 2018 and sign up a total of 70,000 smallholder farmers to connect them directly to a market to trade and eliminate exploitative buying. Also AgroCenta plans to scale into immediate countries in West Africa (Ivory Coast & Nigeria) by end of 2020. The long-term goal of AgroCenta is to create the first of its kind commodity exchange and aggregations platform in sub Saharan Africa.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      AgroCenta wants to expand in the rest of Ghana's region before scaling into immediate countries in West Africa and finally moving to a Pan-African approach.
kenza_abdelhaq

Even in a world of global super platforms, local innovation still matters | Accion - 0 views

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Lumkani South Africa Insurtech

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  • Lumkani provides residents in South Africa’s informal settlements with fire insurance and an internet-connected heat sensor that notifies all users if a fire is detected nearby. Eighteen months after launching, Lumkani demonstrated that, in 73 percent of cases, its technology helped prevent fires from spreading beyond the first home.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      Lumkani's technology was proved to be efficient since in more than 70% of the cases the technology helped prevent the spread of fires.
  • kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
     
    "Lumkani provides residents in South Africa's informal settlements with fire insurance and an internet-connected heat sensor that notifies all users if a fire is detected nearby. Eighteen months after launching, Lumkani demonstrated that, in 73 percent of cases, its technology helped prevent fires from spreading beyond the first home."
ghtazi

HelloSolar | HelloSolar, BelCash to offer solar home system - 0 views

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ethiopia partnership connectivity

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  • With Ethiopia moving to a strategy which helps embrace the wisdom of solar energy within the country and play catch-up to successes achieved in neighboring nations such as Kenya and Rwanda; HelloSolar in partnership with BelCash – the mobile banking platform system – is set to introduce a pay-as-you-go system for the nation’s off-grid population with affordable solar home system.
    • sawsanenn
      sawsanenn on 13 Feb 21
       
      BelCash is a company that is known to have established an advanced use of technology to give customized solutions in convenient payments to vital government services. This partnership will make belcash a pioneer in the country with a majority of customers.
  • “Our mission goes beyond proving affordable access to energy,” Michael Tesfaye Hiruy, the companies Chief Strategy Officer told The Reporter. “Moving forward, we will forge the necessary partnerships to provide access to connectivity and digital services such as healthcare, education, market access and employment”.
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      i found it very interesting that ethiopia wants to become a middle-income country in 2025. they want to do so by having necessary partnerships to provide access to connectivity and digital services. having a partnership of hellosolar and belcash will be a plus not only for the company but also for the whole country.
kenza_abdelhaq

Ethiopia: ET Switch Completed Transactions worth 1.2 Billion Birr - 0 views

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Ethiopay Ethiopia Payments challenges

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  • The company also noted its performance is challenged by high transaction decline rate of 40 percent per month due to connection failure and system failure in its member banks.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      Many challenges related to connection and system failures have a huge impact on performance and credibility.
  • kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
     
    "he company also noted its performance is challenged by high transaction decline rate of 40 percent per month due to connection failure and system failure in its member banks."
hindelquarrouti

Bismart is a KE based company founded in 2017 - 2 views

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Strategy Bismart fintech

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  • Bismart is a leading Kenyan insurance aggregator. We leverage on digital platforms and technologies which enables us to connect our clients to the best insurance and investments solutions available in the market. Most importantly we provide our clients with education and information; this irrevocably gives power to the client to freely decide on the best premier insurance and /or investment solution to stick with. And all this in front of their computer screen or smartphone.Insurance is just a click away...Be smart, Buy smart.
    • aminej
      aminej on 13 Feb 21
       
      Bismart opt for a strategy that faciilitate access to insurance services for Kenyans. They also provide education to people in order to learn more about these financial services, decrease the number of unbanked people
  • We leverage on digital platforms and technologies which enables us to connect our clients to the best insurance and investments solutions available in the market.
  • hindelquarrouti on 13 Feb 21
     
    Bismart leverages on digital platforms that allow the customers find the best insurance or investment solution for their case. Using this strategy, which involves providing education and information to their customers, they empower the client to make its own decisions.
mehdibella

Credit scoring the unbanked - alternative solutions used in global markets | Penser - 0 views

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Jumo Fintech finance SouthAfrica

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  • JUMO builds its credit profiles using behavioral data gathered from mobile wallets, cell phones and transaction data.
  • JUMO is a transaction and predictive technology platform that partners with mobile network operators and banks to offer customers microloans and access to savings and insurance products. They are currently active in six markets – Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Pakistan – with plans to soon launch in India, Bangladesh, Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria. JUMO has helped disburse over $1.6 billion in funding to small and micro enterprises, and has helped connect over 15 million people to credit and savings services.
    • hindelquarrouti
      hindelquarrouti on 13 Feb 21
       
      Jumo is currently operating in different countries in Africa. It has been successful in funding small and micro enterprises, providing credit and saving services. Also, it collects behavioural data from transaction or even cell phones, this is very interesting as it contributes in creating financial identity.
  • JUMO builds its credit profiles using behavioral data gathered from mobile wallets, cell phones and transaction data.
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  • JUMO works with a number of mobile network operators and financial service providers, including Airtel, MTN, Telenor, Ecobank, Barclays Africa among others.
    • mehdibella
      mehdibella on 13 Feb 21
       
      They are currently active in six markets (Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Pakistan) with plans to soon launch in India, Bangladesh, Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria.
  • This creates a financial identity and credit rating for low-income individuals and enterprises, who can then access savings, loan and insurance products through a mobile interface.
    • mehdibella
      mehdibella on 13 Feb 21
       
      JUMO has helped disburse over $1.6 billion in funding to small and micro enterprises, and has helped connect over 15 million people to credit and savings services.
  • JUMO is a transaction and predictive technology platform that partners with mobile network operators and banks to offer customers microloans and access to savings and insurance products. They are currently active in six markets – Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Pakistan – with plans to soon launch in India, Bangladesh, Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria. JUMO has helped disburse over $1.6 billion in funding to small and micro enterprises, and has helped connect over 15 million people to credit and savings services.
  • JUMO builds its credit profiles using behavioral data gathered from mobile wallets, cell phones and transaction data. This creates a financial identity and credit rating for low-income individuals and enterprises, who can then access savings, loan and insurance products through a mobile interface. JUMO works with a number of mobile network operators and financial service providers, including Airtel, MTN, Telenor, Ecobank, Barclays Africa among others.
  • chaimaa-rachid on 12 Feb 21
     
    It makes a monetary identity and a financial assessment for low-pay people and organizations, who would then be able to get to reserve funds, credits through mobile phone.
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  • hichamachir on 12 Feb 21
     
    JUMO is a very interesting company that offers many important services like micoloans and insurance products. I believe that this company is doing a great business because of its variety of important services.
  • hindelquarrouti on 13 Feb 21
     
    Jumo is currently operating in different countries in Africa. It has been successful in funding small and micro enterprises, providing credit and saving services. Also, it collects behavioural data from transaction or even cell phones, this is very interesting as it contributes in creating financial identity.
  • mohammed_ab on 13 Feb 21
     
    This article explains the procedures and technology used by JUMO in order to create a credit rating for its customers. This credit rating allows the company to know the amount of loan they can give to someone.
mehdibella

JUMO reaches 15 million customers across Africa and Asia - JUMO - 0 views

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Jumo Fintech finance SouthAfrica

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  • JUMO reaches 15 million customers across Africa and Asia
  • JUMO has disbursed over USD 1.6 billion in funding and is growing its base of savings products. “By empowering MSMEs, we’re also positively impacting communities, families and employees. Technology is removing barriers to financial inclusion making it possible to responsibly provide everyone with access to good financial choices,” Watkins-Ball added.
  • “We are working to connect every entrepreneur to the financial products they need to grow and prosper,” says Watkins-Ball. “Our technology enables our partner banks and payments companies to help millions of underserved people access financial services.”
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  • JUMO, a technology company building next-generation financial services for emerging market entrepreneurs, is celebrating connecting over 15 million people to credit and savings in their six markets in Africa and Asia today.
    • mehdibella
      mehdibella on 13 Feb 21
       
      JUMO has partnered with financial service providers and mobile network operators to provide credit and savings solutions in Pakistan, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Zambia.
  • Founded in London in 2015, JUMO has partnered with financial service providers and mobile network operators to provide credit and savings solutions in Pakistan, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Zambia.
  • Andrew Watkins-Ball, Founder & Group CEO, said this milestone demonstrates JUMO’s unique ability to reach underserved entrepreneurs – over 60% of JUMO’s customers are micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
  • “We are working to connect every entrepreneur to the financial products they need to grow and prosper,” says Watkins-Ball. “Our technology enables our partner banks and payments companies to help millions of underserved people access financial services.”
  • chaimaa-rachid on 12 Feb 21
     
    JUMO is celebrating interfacing more than 15 million individuals to credit and investment funds in their six business sectors in Africa and Asia today.
  • hindelquarrouti on 13 Feb 21
     
    Jumo are strategically targeting unbanked entrepreneur in order to help them become part of the consumers of the financial product, and consequently develop themselves. It initially targets low-income classes and gives them the opportunity to grow and prosper
mehdibella

AGROCENTA - Make-IT in Africa - 1 views

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ghana Fintech Agrocenta

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  • AgroCenta is an agricultural technology platform that focuses on using technology to provide market access to smallholder farmers in Ghana. Their primary objective is to promote and facilitate fair trade for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa by connecting them directly to larger and structured markets. It thus connects them to large, medium and small businesses in order to sell to breweries, food manufacturers and processing industries without intermediaries. The different digital services the company provides in the fields are “Agro-Trade”, “Agro-Pay”, “Agro-Logistics” and “Agro-Information”. By improving the logistical process and removing exploitative buying from the value chain, smallholder farmers can sell at competitive prices and improve their financial livelihood.
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 12 Feb 21
       
      AgroCenta allows farmers to sell their crops and tools to other businesses and manufacturers in an efficient and effective process. I find it amazing how such a concept can facilitate multiple services for many players.
  • AgroCenta is an agricultural technology platform that focuses on using technology to provide market access to smallholder farmers in Ghana. Their primary objective is to promote and facilitate fair trade for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa by connecting them directly to larger and structured markets.
    • mehdibella
      mehdibella on 13 Feb 21
       
      The different digital services the company provides in the fields are "Agro-Trade", "Agro-Pay", "Agro-Logistics" and "Agro-Information" that allows the farmer to make the best out of the crop
  • By improving the logistical process and removing exploitative buying from the value chain, smallholder farmers can sell at competitive prices and improve their financial livelihood.
mehdibella

AgroCenta : empowering smallholder farmers in Africa through technology and innovations - 0 views

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ghana Fintech Agrocenta

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  •  AgroCenta’s main competitors are Esoko (www.esoko.com), FarmerLine (www.farmerline.co) and Farm Radio (www.farmradio.org). These 3 competitors are “information-based” only, delivering market prices, weather information and extension advisory services via SMS to farmers.
    • aminej
      aminej on 08 Feb 21
       
      Some of the main competitors of AgroCenta's are Esoko , FarmerLine and Farm Radio. These 3 competitors are not really competitors because they do not provide the same services. These competitors are more "information-based" only, delivering market prices, weather information and extension advisory services via SMS to farmers.
  • AgroCenta came about when both co-founders identified the missing gap in the post harvest value chain, that is access to market for smallholder farmers. This gap gave way to exploitative buying from middlemen at the disadvantage to the smallholder farmer.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 12 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it shows the need that AgroCenta founders identified in Ghana, and thus reflects the company's reason for existing.
  • AgroCenta’s core services are AgroTrade : Which is a sales platform that connects smallholder farmer directly to a larger market to trade fairly. AgroTrade matches smallholder farmers in rural areas to small, medium and large buyers in the urban areas. TrucKR : TruckR is the on-demand trucks & logistics aspect of AgroCenta where farmers can book for truck delivery services to cart their commodities from farms to markets just at a click of a button AgroInfo : Real time weather, market prices and extension advisory services are delivered via SMS and voice solutions to smallholder farmers using mobile technologies AgroPay : AgroPay is the financial inclusion platform for smallholder farmers where farmers in rural areas, without bank accounts, receive payments for goods and services via mobile money technologies.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 12 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because one can identify the different products and services proposed by the firm.
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  • AgroTrade : Which is a sales platform that connects smallholder farmer directly to a larger market to trade fairly. AgroTrade matches smallholder farmers in rural areas to small, medium and large buyers in the urban areas.
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 12 Feb 21
       
      I find this concept beneficial for all farmers because they will be able to have more direct access to larger markets. This way they could earn more and interact more.
  • Francis Obirikorang is the CEO/Co-founder of AgroCenta and Michael Ocansey is the CTO/Co-founder of AgroCenta. Francis and Michael are both ex-employees of Esoko, one of the largest market information platforms in Africa for smallholder farmers.
  • AgroCenta’s success factor is the elimination of the exploitative buying approach from the post harvest value chain, and putting the smallholder farmer at a pivotal position where they are able to sell their commodities to interested buyers fairly, generate enough income and become financially independent
    • mehdibella
      mehdibella on 13 Feb 21
       
      AgroCenta provides the "last mile" approach for the smallholder farmers, going a step further to help farmers sell competitively after the get market information only from existing e-agriculture products on the market.
  • AgroCenta’s core services are
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      AgroCenta's services include: -AgroTrade: platform connecting farmers to markets and promoting fair trade. -TrucKR: farmers can have access to transportation through this platform. - AgroInfo: platform that gives useful insights to farmers (weather, market prices) - AgroPay: a platform for financial inclusion, giving small and underbanked farmers the possibility to receive payments via their mobile.
  • AgroPay is the financial inclusion platform for smallholder farmers where farmers in rural areas, without bank accounts, receive payments for goods and services via mobile money technologies.
    • sawsanenn
      sawsanenn on 13 Feb 21
       
      It is a good service because it is a good alternative for smallholders farmers to receive secure payments even without owning a bank account
  • AgroCenta provides the “last mile” approach for the smallholder farmers, going a step further to help farmers sell competitively after the get market information only from existing e-agriculture products on the market.
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      AgroCenta gives smallholder farmers the "last mile" solution, moving a step further to help farmers sell competitively after only collecting demand knowledge from existing e-agricultural products on the market.
    • mbellakbail69
      mbellakbail69 on 13 Feb 21
       
      It is a good service because it is a good way for farmers, even without getting a bank account, to get safe payments  This idea is great for all producers, so they will have direct access to bigger markets more effectively. They will gain more and engage with more.
kaoutarchennoufi

Fawry | Helios Investment Partners | Helios Investment Partners - 0 views

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  • Fawry provides users with a secure electronic bill payments solution, connecting consumers, merchants, governments and financial institutions on a consolidated gateway that is accessible through multiple channels, including Point of Sale (POS) machines, ATMs, post offices, online and through mobile wallets. 
    • tahaemsd
      tahaemsd on 12 Feb 21
       
      how Fawry is pioneering electronic bill presentment and payment platform
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 13 Feb 21
       
      Fawry is able to connect different types of segments and people from consumers to merchants to government, etc.
  • Fawry provides users with a secure electronic bill payments solution, connecting consumers, merchants, governments and financial institutions on a consolidated gateway that is accessible through multiple channels, including Point of Sale (POS) machines, ATMs, post offices, online and through mobile wallets. 
    • kaoutarchennoufi
      kaoutarchennoufi on 13 Feb 21
       
      Many people are concerned with the level of security of these financial services providers and sometimes they refuse to use them because of this matter. However, Fawry provides its customers with a secure electronic bill payments solution through multiple channels including point of sale which is easy to use and increases efficiency.
ayachehbouni

Kenya's Bismart Insurance Launches E-Commerce Platform for Industry Players - 0 views

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  • The Kenyan insure-tech company, Bismart, has unveiled an online e-commerce platform that will enable insurance companies, brokers, agents to connect with their customers end to end.Dubbed Pamsmart, the cloud-based platform is tailored to cut down the costs of developing new technologies for insurance players by 90%.
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 13 Feb 21
       
      Bismart has recently launched an online e-commerce platform that will facilitate its service and that relies on the cloud-based platform Dubbed Pamsmart.
  • 337SHARESShareTweetSubscribe The Kenyan insure-tech company, Bismart, has unveiled an online e-commerce platform that will enable insurance companies, brokers, agents to connect with their customers end to end. Dubbed Pamsmart, the cloud-based platform is tailored to cut down the costs of developing new technologies for insurance players by 90%.
    • aminej
      aminej on 13 Feb 21
       
      Bismart have managed to create a new platform that will enable customers to have more insight and information about their services and how they work. It is good since it gives some kind of education to people who do not know anything about that
  • 337SHARESShareTweetSubscribe The Kenyan insure-tech company, Bismart, has unveiled an online e-commerce platform that will enable insurance companies, brokers, agents to connect with their customers end to end. Dubbed Pamsmart, the cloud-based platform is tailored to cut down the costs of developing new technologies for insurance players by 90%.
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  • Through the platform, customers can easily check the status of their policies, approvals, and lodge insurance claims from online platform.
    • ayachehbouni
      ayachehbouni on 13 Feb 21
       
      Bismart helps customers manage and check their policies in addition to giving them more knowledge about the status and progress of these policies. This is great as customers will feel more at ease knowing exactly what is happening with their policies.
ghtazi

Invest Mobile | F6S - 0 views

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FinTech ghana E-payments

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  • We connect our clients to the best investment solutions through our custom algorithm thats allows you to invest daily, weekly or monthly
    • aminej
      aminej on 12 Feb 21
       
      InvestMobile offers the most profitable investments for their customers in order to maximize their profits. It is located Ghana, Accra, it will reduce the number of unbanked people and teach people more about investments methods
  • We connect our clients to the best investment solutions through our custom algorithm thats allows you to invest daily, weekly or monthly
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 27 Feb 21
       
      the vision of Invest mobile, they claim that they have a custom algorithm that would suits best their customers in their investment
ghtazi

9 Fintech Startups in Ghana To Watch Out For - WeeTracker Research - WeeTracker - 0 views

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FinTech ghana MobileApp

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  • The solution is a mobile app that helps customers to get access to financial investment solutions through their mobile phone regardless of an internet connection. Customers can select either long or short term investment solutions through our app or via our USSD platform
    • sawsanenn
      sawsanenn on 27 Feb 21
       
      one of InvestMobile's service
  • The solution is a mobile app that helps customers to get access to financial investment solutions through their mobile phone regardless of an internet connection. Customers can select either long or short term investment solutions through our app or via our USSD platform. The app intelligently integrates with the mobile money account of the subscriber and an agreed amount is deducted from the account daily, weekly or monthly and invested into financial investment instrument on behalf of the customer.
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 27 Feb 21
       
      this excerpt shows that one of the best solution that invest mobile offers to their customers
kenza_abdelhaq

Bango partners with TPAY MOBILE to accelerate mobile commerce London Stock Exchange:BGO - 1 views

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TPay Mobile Algeria Financial Inclusion Partnership

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  • TPAY MOBILE makes it easy for digital service providers to access over 600 million customers and accept payments across MEA and Turkey. Through one simple API integration, TPAY MOBILE’s full service mobile payment platform enables rapid business growth and drives financial inclusion.
  • Bango (AIM: BGO), the data-driven commerce company, and TPAY MOBILE FZ-LLC (TPAY MOBILE, www.tpaymobile.com) the full-service digital payments platform for the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey, have formed a strategic partnership to increase access to digital commerce. This partnership simplifies and accelerates entry into new markets for online merchants by connecting platforms and pooling operational expertise
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 12 Feb 21
       
      Tpay mobile partnered up with the global company Bango that offers payment insights based on commerce data. This strategic partnership allowed the two companies to pull resources together and share their operational expertise.
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  • TPAY MOBILE has pioneered digital commerce and financial inclusion in the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey. Its technology is used by regional digital merchants and international brands like Google, Apple, Unity, Huawei, PUBG and Tencent to connect to consumers across MEA and Turkey. These merchants can now scale globally through the worldwide payment reach enabled by the Bango Platform. In addition, merchants integrated to either Bango or TPAY MOBILE can accelerate revenue growth from their products and services, by using Bango Audiences in marketing programs, which attract more paying customers through payment behavior targeting.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 12 Feb 21
       
      This partnership allows Tpay Mobile to use Bango platform and audiences and have a more global reach. This partnership also allows Tpay Mobile to target customers depending on their payment behavior and therefore attract more paying customers. On the other hand, Bango benefits from the digital commerce and financial inclusion expertise that Tpay Mobile has in the MEA region and Turkey.
  • App developers, stores and payment providers cross the threshold into the Bango ecosystem to converge, grow and thrive. By bringing businesses together and powering e-commerce with unique data-driven insights, Bango delivers new business opportunities and new dimensions of growth for customers around the world. Being inside the Bango circle means global merchants including Amazon, Google and Microsoft can work together with payment partners from Africa to the Americas, accelerating the performance of everyone on the inside.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 12 Feb 21
       
      Tpay Mobile's partner Bango is a data driven company giving valuable insights to companies to enhance E-commerce performance, allow growth, and enhance customers' experience and inclusion on a broader scope.
  • samielbaqqali on 11 Feb 21
     
    Nowdays, rapid platforms get a lot of attention, because, as there's big competition, the only way for a platform to have an advantage is to work on the design and the rapidity
nourserghini

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Bismart Insurtech services

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  • Bismart Insurance enables the uninsured African population to access Insurance through co-creating relevant products with existing affinity groups like saccos, schools, welfare groups, Micro-finance institutions etc and connecting them to insurance companies through technology. 
    • tahaemsd
      tahaemsd on 12 Feb 21
       
      customers are able to review and rate their insurance providers based on their experience
  • Bismart Insurance enables the uninsured African population to access Insurance through co-creating relevant products with existing affinity groups like saccos, schools, welfare groups, Micro-finance institutions etc and connecting them to insurance companies through technology.  At Bismart platform customers are able to reveiw and rate their insurance providers based on their experience, this forces insurance players to compete in giving our customers the best customer experience.
    • aminej
      aminej on 12 Feb 21
       
      I love this concept because it will help many Africans to be protected against different types of risks such as natural disaster, theft, weather conditions. It will also reduce the number of unbanked people across the African continent
  • At Bismart platform customers are able to reveiw and rate their insurance providers based on their experience, this forces insurance players to compete in giving our customers the best customer experience.We enable customers to compare insurance policies from muiltiple providers not just based on price but based on benefits, exclusions and other customers reviews.
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 13 Feb 21
       
      Bismart allows customers to compare their insurance providers' services based on price, benefits, exclusions and reviews.
samielbaqqali

Clear Junction and Zeepay Ghana keep families connected during lockdown | INTLBM - 0 views

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Zeepay Extand Fintech

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  • “Since Sub-Saharan Africa is traditionally considered a challenging region from the remittance perspective, we are glad to extend our service to an institution that just recently has satisfied the scrutiny of the local regulator,” said Dima Kats, CEO of Clear Junction. “Our correspondent account service will lower the entry barrier for Zeepay when rolling out the payment collection in the EU and UK.”
    • samielbaqqali
      samielbaqqali on 13 Feb 21
       
      Extending the business to new countries will make the brand name more famous.
  • “Since Sub-Saharan Africa is traditionally considered a challenging region from the remittance perspective, we are glad to extend our service to an institution that just recently has satisfied the scrutiny of the local regulator,” said Dima Kats, CEO of Clear Junction. “Our correspondent account service will lower the entry barrier for Zeepay when rolling out the payment collection in the EU and UK.”
ghtazi

BelCash Technology Solutions PLC (BelCash Ethiopia) Jobs and vacancies in Ethiopia, Feb... - 0 views

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easy financial access Online Fintech

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  • The main focus for Hello brands is what customers want and expect from the respective services.
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 11 Feb 21
       
      The company focuses on customer satisfaction which is not the case for all companies. It is usually stated but never conducted the right way. Belcash's Hello brand has managed to created services like, Hellomarket, HelloLawyer, HelloDoctor, etc., to satisfy the needs of the people.
  • The Hello brands are aspiring and inclusive, aiming to connect all Ethiopian citizens for a brighter future; a future that unlocks the potential of the country and its diverse people
    • sawsanenn
      sawsanenn on 13 Feb 21
       
      this new brand of belcash offers new high level services with a better convenience, easy access, and affordability
  • Belcash is the proprietor and provider of the ‘Hello’​ brand. We attempt to find the perfect fit for our customers and partners. This heavy focus on customer service, innovation and professionalism means that our stakeholders are proud to identify themselves with us. Though each Hello brand represents a different service, they all share one key feature – the mobile phone is the access point for their service. The main focus for Hello brands is what customers want and expect from the respective services. The Hello brands are aspiring and inclusive, aiming to connect all Ethiopian citizens for a brighter future; a future that unlocks the potential of the country and its diverse people. The Hello brands say ‘Hello’​ to their customers and offer them essential services with a high level of convenience, quality and affordability. Over the last four years, our service has allowed the Ethiopian population to access the following services using their mobile phones: Health advice (HelloDoctor) Market access (HelloMarket / HelloGebeya) Labour market access (HelloJobs / HelloSera) Legal advice (HelloLawyer / HelloTebeka) Mobile Trade service (HelloBroker/ HelloDelela) And, since February 2015, in partnership with select Ethiopian banks and micro finance institutions; Financial Inclusion (HelloCash)
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      this is very important because we can see how belcash wants to make financial access easy for everyone by introducing a new platform that is convenient and easy to use for the users.
mehdibella

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Jumo Fintech finance SouthAfrica

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  • Created in 2015 in Cape Town by Andrew Watkins-Ball, the company, which specializes in savings, loans and insurance for people and small businesses far from the traditional banking system, has raised $55 million (50 million euro) in debt and venture capital from the American bank.
    • samielbaqqali
      samielbaqqali on 11 Feb 21
       
      The company asked for a big amount from an American bank in order to perfect their investment.
  • Created in 2015 in Cape Town by Andrew Watkins-Ball, the company, which specializes in savings, loans and insurance for people and small businesses far from the traditional banking system, has raised $55 million (50 million euro) in debt and venture capital from the American bank.
  • The company has raised nearly $146 million since its creation from renowned players such as Google, which integrated Jumo into its accelerator in May 2017, the Mastercard foundation, development institutions such as Finnfund and Proparco (the private branch of the French Development Agency).
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  • Goldman Sachs cash confirms Jumo as fintech heavyweight
  • By entering Jumo's final $55 million round of financing, the US bank Goldman Sachs is raising the South African fintech's profile
    • mehdibella
      mehdibella on 13 Feb 21
       
      the company has taken millions of dollars to secure the continuation of this project
  • Jumo is connected to continental telecom operators such as Tigo, Airtel, and MTN as well as traditional banks such as Letshego in Ghana and Barclays in Zambia, to integrate its offers with those of its partners.
    • mehdibella
      mehdibella on 13 Feb 21
       
      it made a lot of partnerships arround many companies that would make transactions easier
  • Since 2018, the start-up has partnered with Uber in Nairobi to provide drivers with access to loans for the purchase of cars based on their rating and with flexible repayment options.By 2019, the start-up, claimed to have provided more than $bn in loans to 15 million customers, and to employ 300 people across 11 countries.
  • Since 2018, the start-up has partnered with Uber in Nairobi to provide drivers with access to loans for the purchase of cars based on their rating and with flexible repayment options.
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      this is once again a smart move from jumo, they diversify their activity, which can be more than benefic for them.
  • Jumo is already active in Ghana, Kenya, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia and has representation in Cape Town, New Delhi, London, Mumbai, Nairobi, Porto, and Singapore, where its founder is now based.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt introduces us to the geographical scope of Jumo, which appears to be pretty large (in Africa and Asia).
  • By 2019, the start-up, claimed to have provided more than $bn in loans to 15 million customers, and to employ 300 people across 11 countries.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it gives us a measurement of how active Jumo is in providing customers with loans (one of their products). It also gives us an idea about the size of the company (300 employees accross 11 countries).
  • Jumo is connected to continental telecom operators such as Tigo, Airtel, and MTN as well as traditional banks such as Letshego in Ghana and Barclays in Zambia, to integrate its offers with those of its partners. Since 2018, the start-up has partnered with Uber in Nairobi to provide drivers with access to loans for the purchase of cars based on their rating and with flexible repayment options.
  • With this new round of financing — its fourth since April 2018 — the company, which targets emerging markets and is part of the very select club of African start-ups active beyond the continent’s borders, now intends to conquer Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, as well as Bangladesh and India
    • sawsanenn
      sawsanenn on 13 Feb 21
       
      this countries can bring new options to jumo, not only new customers but also new services. These new entrances can bring to Jumo high revenues as well
  • hichamachir on 12 Feb 21
     
    JUMO is opting for a good strategy which is doing a partnership with Google. Partnerships with giant companies like google are always beneficial because they offer you great technology and a big capital to improve your business.
  • mohammed_ab on 13 Feb 21
     
    I like the way JUMO chose its partners in the telecommunication industry. Partnering with MTN that is the first telecom operator in Africa and also a big fintech advocate is a good decision for JUMO to grow.
mehdibella

GSMA | Meet our portfolio start-ups: AgroCenta, Ghana | Mobile for Development - 0 views

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ghana Fintech Agrocenta

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  • The start-up provides access to truck delivery services and real-time market information via SMS and IVR. Building on this platform, AgroCenta now enables farmers to receive mobile money, build their credit score and access financial services (like crop insurance) through its latest mobile product, AgroPay.
  • In a country where agriculture is the primary economic occupation of many — employing 52 per cent of Ghana’s labour force — the AgriTech start-up launched AgroTrade, an online platform that connects smallholder farmers in the staple food value chain to a wider online market.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 12 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it reflects the importance of agriculture in Ghana, and which products/services offered by AgroCenta serve to do: AgroTrade connects smallholder farmers to a wider online market & AgroPay allows farmers to receive money, build their credit score and access financial services i.e. crop insurance through their mobile phones.
  • In Ghana, AgroCenta has set up a mobile money API integration partnership with MTN and Vodafone to pay smallholder farmers directly and seamlessly via mobile money through its AgroPay platform.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 12 Feb 21
       
      This part reflects the collaborations engaged by AgroCenta with mobile operators MTN and Vodafone to support financial literacy and facilitate the transfer of mobile money.
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  • Both mobile operators will also be supporting AgroCenta farmers with financial literacy training on-the-ground. AgroCenta has also strengthened its partnership with Vodafone Ghana to allow smallholder farmers on its platform to access free voice calls between farmers and discounted mobile devices and bundles
  • Both mobile operators will also be supporting AgroCenta farmers with financial literacy training on-the-ground. AgroCenta has also strengthened its partnership with Vodafone Ghana to allow smallholder farmers on its platform to access free voice calls between farmers and discounted mobile devices and bundles
  • Through this partnership, Vodafone Ghana can liaise with the AgroCenta team to onboard AgroCenta farmers on its Small Office/Home Office (SoHo) packages.
    • mehdibella
      mehdibella on 13 Feb 21
       
      As of July 2019, AgroCenta had registered 46,100 smallholder farmers on the AgroTrade platform across four regions and 640 communities.
  • As of July 2019, AgroCenta had registered 46,100 smallholder farmers on the AgroTrade platform across four regions and 640 communities.
  • lack of access to structured markets, which leaves them at the mercy of predatory brokers or middlemen who buy at exploitative prices, and lack of access to finance, which means they may never move beyond smallholder farming to middle-level or even commercial farming.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      The inability of smallholder farmers to access markets pushes them to sell to middlemen with exploitative prices and the incapacity to get loans also prevents these farmers to grow.
  • kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
     
    "lack of access to structured markets, which leaves them at the mercy of predatory brokers or middlemen who buy at exploitative prices, and lack of access to finance, which means they may never move beyond smallholder farming to middle-level or even commercial farming."
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