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nourserghini

Visa partners with Paga on payments and fintech for Africa and abroad | TechCrunch - 0 views

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Paga Nigeria Ethiopia Remittance Partnership Visa

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  • Visa has entered a partnership with Nigeria based startup Paga on payments and technology.Founded in Lagos, Paga scaled its fintech business in West Africa, before targeting expansion in Ethiopia and Mexico.The startup has created a multi-channel network for over 14 million customers in Nigeria to transfer money, pay-bills and buy things digitally through its mobile-app or 24,840 agents.The new arrangement allows Paga account holders to transact on Visa’s global network. It will also see both companies work together on tech.The collaboration reflects a strategy of the American financial services giant to expand in Africa working with the continent’s top startups.
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 07 Feb 21
       
      The article explains that the original location of Paga is in Nigeria and that its new targeted location in Africa Ethiopa. It delivers services of money transfers, pay-bills and digitally buying through the mobile app. The new partnership also allows Paga customers to transact on the global network of Visa. Its customers are the millions of Nigerians as well as the new customers from the expansions in Ethiopia and Mexico.
ayachehbouni

SimbaPay Company Profile - Office Locations, Competitors, Revenue, Financials, Employee... - 0 views

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  • SimbaPay is a company that develops and provides a money transfer application. Its app enables people to send money abroad using mobile money or e-banking.
    • ayachehbouni
      ayachehbouni on 07 Feb 21
       
      Simbapay's competitors are: TransferGalaxy, Meerkat Financial, Fin.do and Mama Money.
nourserghini

Nigeria's Paga acquires Apposit, confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion | TechCrunch - 1 views

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Paga Fintech Competitors

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  • As it grows abroad, Paga faces greater competition in Nigeria. For the last decade, South Africa and Kenya — with the success of Safaricom’s  M-Pesa product — have been Africa’s standouts in digital payments.But over the last several years, Nigeria has become a magnet for VC and fintech startups. This trend reached a high-point in 2019 when Chinese investors put $220 million into Opera owned OPay and Transsion backed PalmPay — two fledgling startups with plans to scale in Nigeria and broader Africa.
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 07 Feb 21
       
      Paga's competitors in its origin country Nigeria and broader Africa are M-pesa and PalmPay.
  • With its Apposit acquisition and continued expansion, PayPal may become more than a model for Paga.Founder Tayo Oviosu sees big fintech players, such as PayPal and Alipay, as future competitors with Paga’s plans to move into more emerging markets.
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 07 Feb 21
       
      Competition in emerging markets for Paga are big fintechs such as PayPal and Alipay.
mohammed_ab

Consumers: Investment » Press Room > Satrix teams up with EasyEquities to lau... - 1 views

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DigitalPlatform Investment EasyEquities

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  • Judging by the recent set of results from Purple Group, their easy-to-use and cost effective EasyEquities trading platform is well on its way to becoming one of the leading platforms of the investing world. This relationship enables Satrix, the largest equity index tracking provider in South Africa, to employ the same innovative technology driving the EasyEquities platform to offer ETF’s to the nation.
  • mohammed_ab on 07 Feb 21
     
    EasyEquities provided a low-cost investing platform in South Africa for people who wish to access financial markets. It's very interesting to see how this relationship with Satric will help EasyEquities to become one of the leading investing platforms in the world and not only in Africa.
tahaemsd

Hello Paisa | Tracxn - 0 views

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Fintech Africa Payments modernization Service

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  • Hello Paisa is a mobile based remittance service provider to and from South Africa. The service is based over HomeSend's mobile remittance hub. User can send and receive cash to bank account, wallet or at partnered locations.
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 07 Feb 21
       
      Hello-Paisa specializes in remittance sevices through HomeSend's mobile remittance hub in South Africa.
  • Founded Year2013LocationCenturion, South Africa
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 08 Feb 21
       
      Hello Paisa was created in 2013 and is located in Centurion, South Africa. Hello Paisa is a Mobile money remittance provider to and from South Africa,
  • ince its commercial launch in March 2015, Hello Group has signed up 70 000 Hello Paisa customers, of which 29 000 have downloaded its Android app for remittances. Hello Paisa claims to charge less than 5% of fee. 
    • tahaemsd
      tahaemsd on 13 Feb 21
       
      Statistics of HelloPaisa customers
mbellakbail69

Fawry | IBM - 3 views

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  • Fawry now supports millions of transactions daily for consumers and business through more than 90,000 locations (including groceries, pharmacies, stationaries and post offices), as well as through multiple alternative channels, including online, ATMs, and mobile wallets. The company’s client base and service offerings continue to expand, leading to rapid data growth. Abbas comments: "Our data has doubled in just the last eight months, and we expect it to grow even faster in the years to come.”
  • The technology offers data compression and deduplication features that enable Fawry to boost utilization of storage resources. Abbas adds: “IBM FlashSystem A9000R offers much greater performance than our previous storage platform, meaning that we get both optimized data economics and short response times. We were able to achieve a seamless migration to the new platform with zero downtime.”
  • Each day, Fawry processes 2 million financial transactions, giving Egyptians an easy, secure payment alternative to the complex, time-consuming procedures that are the norm. To help grow customer satisfaction and speed the roll-out of new services, Fawry deployed IBM® Storage, IBM Db2® and Oracle database on IBM Power Systems™ solutions.
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  • With a population of over 100 million people, Egypt is a land of opportunity for consumer services providers. In a country where payment procedures are often slow, fragmented and complex, Fawry identified a gap in the market for a simple, secure omnichannel payment gateway.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it introduces the need that Fawry was created to tackle and the market gap that it saw as an opportunity to prosper. It is very important to understand the core problem around which Fawry services were designed, in order to be able to design and develop strategies that are faithful to this same goal.
  • Fawry now supports millions of transactions daily for consumers and business through more than 90,000 locations (including groceries, pharmacies, stationaries and post offices), as well as through multiple alternative channels, including online, ATMs, and mobile wallets. The company’s client base and service offerings continue to expand, leading to rapid data growth. Abbas comments: "Our data has doubled in just the last eight months, and we expect it to grow even faster in the years to come.”
    • samielbaqqali
      samielbaqqali on 12 Feb 21
       
      Fawry strives to make the life of their customer simpler. They have an e-commerce solution that links sellers to buyers that provide different methods of payment.
  • Fawry Putting Egypt on the global digital payments map
  • The company’s success is built on delivering consistently fast, dependable services alongside continual innovation. Seeing an opportunity to do more with its data, Fawry evaluated its technology infrastructure to ensure it was ready for the next phase in its evolution.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      Fawry focuses on fast and dependable services based on innovation. The company also works on making better use of the data collected to make informed decisions; while keeping in mind the importance of a good technology infrastructure ready for the implementation of any new phase.
  • Haytham Abbas, Infrastructure Director at Fawry, picks up the story: “When we launched in 2008, the average household had to deal with around 13 separate utility and service providers. Since they typically had to set up payments with each service provider separately, often by visiting a branch, this was a lot of hassle. We created an omnichannel digital payment network to make life easier for consumers and the businesses that serve them.”
  • Fawry has a long history with IBM, having chosen IBM solutions to underpin its business again and again over the last decade. The company relies on both IBM Db2 and Oracle database software running on IBM Power Systems to support its bespoke electronic financial platform, processing 2 million transactions per day. “Together, IBM Db2, Oracle database and IBM Power Systems solutions give us the ability to process huge transaction volumes,” comments Abbas. “They provide a powerful foundation for our business, and have scaled seamlessly as we’ve grown.”
    • mbellakbail69
      mbellakbail69 on 13 Feb 21
       
      To ensure that it selected the best offerings on the market for its latest refresh, the company's IT team undertook a thorough evaluation of storage and server options from multiple vendors.
  • chaimaa-rachid on 07 Feb 21
     
    Fawry aims to make their client's life easier. They have an e-commerce solution that connects sellers with buyers offering various payment methods.
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  • hichamachir on 12 Feb 21
     
    The success of the compnay relies on its partnerships. Fawry's partnership with IBM is brilliant because IBM can offer Fawry some advanced technology that can help improve the business.
  • hindelquarrouti on 13 Feb 21
     
    Fawri is a secure alternative to the traditional procedures. It is user friendly and Egiptians are benefiting from it.
  • kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
     
    "The company's success is built on delivering consistently fast, dependable services alongside continual innovation. Seeing an opportunity to do more with its data, Fawry evaluated its technology infrastructure to ensure it was ready for the next phase in its evolution."
hibaerrai

Thndr Becomes Egypt's First Mobile Investment App | NileFM | EGYPT'S#1 FOR HIT MUSIC - 0 views

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Thndr Egypt Fintech Investment Securities

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  • Savings and investing is a critical part of building wealth and economic development, and Egypt’s youth needs a mobile-first platform like Thndr to open the floodgates of investing in the coming decades. Platforms like Thndr have seen great success in other markets across the world, and Thndr is built with keen attention to the local nuances and preferences of the Egyptian investor in mind.
    • ayachehbouni
      ayachehbouni on 07 Feb 21
       
      The financial startup allows users to link their Egyptian bank account, and trade, invest, and profit from Egyptian stocks, bonds, and indices. Thndr also allows users a virtual EGP 100,000 to practice investing until they get the hand of stock investment.
  • Egyptian mobile investment app, Thndr has become the first brokerage firm to receive regulatory approval from the Financial Regulatory Association (FRA) in the last 12 years. The financial startup allows users to link their Egyptian bank account, and trade, invest, and profit from Egyptian stocks, bonds, and indices. The decision by FRA to give the startup regulatory approval comes after Egypt reforms its financial regulations on new companies with the recently approved Banking Act passed last month which allows more companies to become involved with financial trading and investment.
    • aminej
      aminej on 13 Feb 21
       
      THNDR Strategy aims to educate more egyptian people about trading and investing which are very good ways to make money in the short and long run. They also want to facilitate access to financial markets only through your phone for Egyptians who are almost 100m (HUGE CUSTOMER TARGET), Finally they plan to educate their population by teaching them how to invest in stocks, bonds and other securities.
  • Before the passing of the Banking Act in July 2020, the only financial apps available for Egyptians were applications that helped you put aside money for saving. However, that is set to change as companies like Thndr take advantage of the new space given to financial technology companies to allow users to invest in the Egyptian stock exchange from their homes. Stock investment apps have become popular in the last few years as a way to not only save money but to make savings grow over time. While there is always risk involved with stock trading, Thndr hoping to provide users with education on how to invest in order to be more financial secure.
    • hibaerrai
      hibaerrai on 13 Feb 21
       
      Thndr is one of the first not common investment applications in Egypt. users can now invest in stocks or any other security from their homes and make money from it.
  • hibaerrai on 08 Feb 21
     
    Thndr was mainly created for a new wave of customers in order to destroy the barriers and give the chance to all egyptians to open accounts and invest.
nourserghini

Review: Hello Paisa money transfers | Finder South Africa - 0 views

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HelloPaisa Remittance SouthAfrica Competitors

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  • Skrill offers easy transfers to many popular destinations, but keep an eye out for added fees.
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 07 Feb 21
       
      Hello Paisa's competitors are Skrill, TorFX, CurrencyFair, CurrenciesDirect and WordRemit.
mehdibella

JUMO: Banking services in the palm of your hand | AFD - Agence Française de D... - 1 views

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Jumo Fintech finance SouthAfrica

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  • “JUMO has started to solve the problem of access to good quality financial services for people in emerging economies”, says Andrew Watkins-Bell, CEO of JUMO. “It’s unacceptable for people to have difficulties making transactions, saving or finding capital to finance their company.”
  • JUMO was set up by Andrew Watkins-Ball in 2014 in South Africa. It has grown from a team of 7 people to some 300 people in 2018, selling its products in six countries. In 2017 alone, JUMO granted 12.2 million loans to its customers all over the world.
  • JUMO: Banking services in the palm of your hand
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  • “PROPARCO’s investment in JUMO – which is also our first investment in a fintech company – is a natural extension of our work to promote financial inclusion via microfinance institutions, loans to small and medium-sized enterprises – and now mobile technology”, explains Grégory Clemente, Chief Executive Officer of PROPARCO. “This project uses mobile phone technology to reach a larger number of people in a much wider area.” 
    • mehdibella
      mehdibella on 13 Feb 21
       
      the CEO explains how his investment is going to help JUMO achieve more ground with its institution as by 2019 it has granted 12.2million loans to its customers all over the world.
  • “PROPARCO’s investment in JUMO – which is also our first investment in a fintech company – is a natural extension of our work to promote financial inclusion via microfinance institutions, loans to small and medium-sized enterprises – and now mobile technology”, explains Grégory Clemente, Chief Executive Officer of PROPARCO. “This project uses mobile phone technology to reach a larger number of people in a much wider area.” 
    • samiatazi
      samiatazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      the CEO explains how his investment is going to help JUMO achieve more ground with its institution as by 2019 it has granted 12.2million loans to its customers all over the world.
  • chaimaa-rachid on 07 Feb 21
     
    It's interesting that Jumo thought about an innovative solution to facilitate the lending transactions. Jumo gives a low-cost alternative to local non-regulated lenders.
  • hichamachir on 08 Feb 21
     
    Yes! It's interesting that JUMO uses its technology in order to help people in need finance their projects.
aminej

About Us - cassava fintech - 0 views

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Lesotho Fintech Service Online Platform Insurance Payments Mobile

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  • Cassava FinTech is a pan-African business using an integrated model to drive financial inclusion and digital transactions across the continent. Our core operations in Mobile Money, Social Payments Services, Digital Banking, International Remittances and Mobile Micro Insurance with presence in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Burundi, Lesotho and UK and partnerships in other African countries.
    • hibaerrai
      hibaerrai on 07 Feb 21
       
      Cassava allows customers to make online money transfers and digital payments. It increased financial inclusion in the country.
  • We are a global fintech pioneer, providing solutions for the financially excluded one product at a time. We are all about convenience for our customers, growth for our partners, and financial access for all. The need to solve wicked problems is what drives our innovative spirit.
    • aminej
      aminej on 12 Feb 21
       
      It is good to see that even countries such as Lesotho are getting more and more developed through the creation CASSAVA that will enable many people to understand different services such as digital banking, mobile money, social payments and micro assurance.
nourserghini

​Belcash Technology Solutions PLC - 2 views

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Belcash Hello brand Ethiopia Lending

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  • 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)
    • aminej
      aminej on 08 Feb 21
       
      In this link, we will see that the Belcash is an ecommerce platform. The application was designed with the major aim of allowing local suppliers and manufacturers to promote and sell their products and services. Some of their main services are health advice, market access, labor market access, legal advice and mobile Trade service. It was founded by Mountaga Diop in 2009 at Adis Abeba, Ethiopia. Finally their main customers here are any Ethiopian who own a smarthone and are interested by the services provided.
  • To help unlock the potential of Ethiopia through the digitalization of essential services, such as finance, healthcare and education. To help drive sustainable and inclusive growth though digitalization. We believe digitalization will lower transaction costs and bring essential services to the reach of the poor. It bypasses the conventional time consuming and capital intensive build-up of fixed assets (banks branches, school buildings and clinics).
    • sawsanenn
      sawsanenn on 08 Feb 21
       
      Belcash provides its technology platforms to businesses across different industries ( healthcare/ finance/ education/ trading/labor market etc...). This company helps the Ethiopian population to drive sustainable growth, and lower transaction costs through digitalization.
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  • 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.
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 13 Feb 21
       
      According to the company's website, Belcash is the owner of the hello brand which allows access, through mobile phones, to health advice, market data, labour market trade and legal advice.
  • aminej on 08 Feb 21
     
    To help boost the development of Ethiopia through the digitalization of crucial services, such as finance, healthcare and education and to help drive sustainable and inclusive growth though digitalization. We think that digitalization will decrease transaction costs and provide important services to the reach of the poor such as (banks branches, school buildings and clinics).
samiatazi

Our Story - Safaricom - 0 views

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mpesa Kenya Fintechs e-payment

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  • In the year 2000, we began the Safaricom journey with a view to Transform Lives. Safaricom is one of a small group of about 400 companies across Africa whose annual revenues are more than $1 billion. Many of these companies are pan-African in their operations and are active in increasingly diverse sectors.
  • M-PESA is restoring dignity to thousands of refugees. Through a partnership with the World Food Programme, we are leveraging M-PESA to help more refugees access food, through a product known as Chakula Chap Chap. M-PESA has enabled us to digitize food delivery for over 100,000 households. It has removed the opportunity for corruption by eliminating middle-men, and reduced the cost of distributing relief aid, creating employment and business opportunities for people in refugee camps. This initiative has shown us that our business can help bridge critical gaps for our society.
    • mehdibella
      mehdibella on 08 Feb 21
       
      this shows how much M-Pesa is trying to help the much refugees in Kenya by providing the upmost necessities
  • In the year 2000, we began the Safaricom journey with a view to Transform Lives. Safaricom is one of a small group of about 400 companies across Africa whose annual revenues are more than $1 billion. Many of these companies are pan-African in their operations and are active in increasingly diverse sectors.
    • samiatazi
      samiatazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      this shows how much M-Pesa is trying to help the much refugees in Kenya by providing the upmost necessities
samiatazi

TPAY | Helios Investment Partners | Helios Investment Partners - 0 views

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Tpay Algeria Fintechs MEA

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  • Helios completed the acquisition of a 76% stake in TPAY, a fast growing direct carrier billing provider in the Middle East and North Africa from A15, a leading tech investment fund based in Egypt. With offices in Cairo and the UAE, TPAY currently operates across 16 countries with almost half of its total transaction volume coming from African markets such as Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.
    • mehdibella
      mehdibella on 08 Feb 21
       
      here we notice that TPAY is ruling over the MEA region
  • TPAY provides a much-needed mobile payment solution in markets with low banking penetration and high mobile adoption.
    • mehdibella
      mehdibella on 08 Feb 21
       
      we can clearly understand that it is providing a huge solution for those in need of a banking system and cannot access it.
  • Helios completed the acquisition of a 76% stake in TPAY, a fast growing direct carrier billing provider in the Middle East and North Africa from A15, a leading tech investment fund based in Egypt. With offices in Cairo and the UAE, TPAY currently operates across 16 countries with almost half of its total transaction volume coming from African markets such as Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.
    • samiatazi
      samiatazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      here we notice that TPAY is ruling over the MEA region we can clearly understand that it is providing a huge solution for those in need of a banking system and cannot access it
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  • Helios completed the acquisition of a 76% stake in TPAY, a fast growing direct carrier billing provider in the Middle East and North Africa from A15, a leading tech investment fund based in Egypt. With offices in Cairo and the UAE, TPAY currently operates across 16 countries with almost half of its total transaction volume coming from African markets such as Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.
ghtazi

About Us - cassava fintech - 1 views

www.cassavafintech.com/about-us

Fintech E-payments Digital Banking E-payment

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  • Cassava FinTech is a pan-African business using an integrated model to drive financial inclusion and digital transactions across the continent. Our core operations in Mobile Money, Social Payments Services, Digital Banking, International Remittances and Mobile Micro Insurance with presence in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Burundi, Lesotho and UK and partnerships in other African countries
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 08 Feb 21
       
      Cassava fintech is a Pan-African business, they try to use an integrated model to accelerate the continent's financial inclusion and digital transactions. the company has many innovative digital solutions: such as mobile money, social payments, payments services, digital banking, micro insurance, sasai.
  • hibaerrai on 08 Feb 21
     
    Financial inclusion is indeed the main aim of Cassava FinTech.
ghtazi

Home | WorldCover Insurance - 0 views

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WorldCover weather CropAssure Insurance

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  • Tailored Insurance For Almond FarmersWe have applied our argonomic modeling expertise to develop a specialty product focused on protecting almond growers against increasingly unpredictable weather patterns. Either as an alternative or supplement to your existing insurance, CropAssure Almond provides easy to understand policies, and pays out automatically when your covered risks occur.
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 08 Feb 21
       
      in this article, it shows that the company wants to help high-value crop growers manage their financial risk to climate change, unpredictable weather, and natural disasters. WorldCover's product vision is for commercial farmers to experience parametric insurance in a way that is easy to understand (simple), engenders trust (transparent), and fits them well at any size (tailored).
mehdibella

AgroCenta-Empowering-smallholder-farmers-through-finance-information-and-market-access.pdf - 0 views

ghana Fintech Agrocenta

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  • In 2016, AgroCenta set out to address these challenges. In a country where agriculture is the primary economic occupation of many — employing 52 per cent of Ghana’s labour force — the AgriT ech start-up launched AgroTrade, an online platform that connects smallholder farmers in the staple food value chain to a wider online market.
    • mehdibella
      mehdibella on 13 Feb 21
       
      agrocenta made it possible for many farmers to get the possibility to engage the community with technology and actually gain more and save to make better products
  • AgroCenta had registered 46,100 smallholder farmers on the AgroTrade platform across four regions and 640 communities. Since launching AgroPay in January 2019, 2,750 smallholder farmers in two regions of Ghana are now active on the platform.
  • AgroCenta has hosted and provided over 500 farmer engagement sessions and trainings since launch. Skilled professionals deliver these sessions in farming communities and methodologies are continuously updated to reflect state-of-theart farming practices.
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  • AgroCenta received a grant from the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund in November 2018 to further develop and scale its financial solution, AgroPay.
  • AgroCenta eliminates inefficiencies in the value chain and ensures farmers are remunerated fairly.
  • mehdibella on 08 Feb 21
     
    AgroCenta has been fighting over two main causes: Lack of access to structured markets, which leaves the poor and illeterate 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
hindelquarrouti

Dubai's Tpay Mobile Acquires Payguru, a Turkish Payments Company that Supports Mobile T... - 1 views

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Tpay segment Fintech

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  • Founded in Cairo, Egypt, Tpay Mobile says it’s the leading digital merchant acquirer in the MENA region
  • The company supports DCB via three mobile network operators and it facilitates bank transfers and ATM withdrawals through large banks.
  • hindelquarrouti on 08 Feb 21
     
    By acquiring Payguru, Tpay has enlarged its range of customer. It has made acquisition with the intent of becoming the leading digital payment platform in the MENA region. As well as, it has helped them make a step forward in the process of digital and financial inclusion in the region.
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.
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Trading Platform Online Mobile Investing Literacy Financial

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  • We are thrilled to be pioneering commission free trading in Egypt. We believe that saving through investing is the right and sensible thing to do.
  • an app that is designed for everyone, green and expert investors alike. Our technology innovation allowed us to remove the barriers that anyone could face when opening or funding their brokerage accounts, helping us open up the market for a whole new wave of investors.
    • mehdibella
      mehdibella on 08 Feb 21
       
      this app main mission is to help the Egyptian lives easier by enabling investments opportunities easier and accessible to eveyrone.
  • we don't stop there. Through access to the right tools, our app is built to empower you to invest smartly.
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  • We are thrilled to be pioneering commission free trading in Egypt. We believe that saving through investing is the right and sensible thing to do. So, we built an app that is designed for everyone, green and expert investors alike. Our technology innovation allowed us to remove the barriers that anyone could face when opening or funding their brokerage accounts, helping us open up the market for a whole new wave of investors. And, we don't stop there. Through access to the right tools, our app is built to empower you to invest smartly.
    • aminej
      aminej on 12 Feb 21
       
      I believe that it is an interesting application that would help many people discover the culture of trading and investing smartly in order to maximize their profits
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