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Africa Doesn't Have a Dollar Problem. It Has a Plumbing Problem.
African traders earn in Europe and pay in China. Stablecoins are finally solving that triangular liquidity gap — and reshaping how Africa-Asia trade finance works.April Long spent thirteen years…
Building the Rails for African Trade: Inside Onafriq | Dare Okoudjou
Africa's mobile money networks have over 800 million registered accounts spread across dozens of closed loops. Moving money between them; across borders, currencies, and regulatory jurisdictions,…
Building Infrastructure That Puts You in Control of Your Money | Farzam Ehsani, Valr
Valr is Africa's largest crypto exchange by volume, but the business has evolved well beyond exchange. Under founder Farzam Ehsani, Valr now provides modular on-chain financial infrastructure that…
Inside the Bank Building Africa's First Regulated Digital Asset Stack | ABSA CIB
Banks have spent decades building the infrastructure that makes money move. Now, a new set of rails; blockchain, stablecoins, tokenized assets, is being laid alongside those systems. The question…
The Operating System for Stablecoins: Beyond the Crypto Hype | Stone Atwine
For an operator moving millions across borders, Stone Atwine has come to understand where there’s real value to be created and where hype dominates. For him, having built his Fintech chops in a…
The "Stablecoin Sandwich": How Conduit Fixes Cross-Border Payments
Why does it take five days and $30 to move money from Mexico to the US, or Nigeria to China? In a world of instant communication, the "black hole" of correspondent banking is still swallowing…
The Evolution of Nigerian Fintech: Scale, Scars, and Strategy | Olu Akanmu
Why does Nigeria have 120 million people with digital identities but only 70 million with bank accounts? Despite a decade of growth, the "last mile" of financial inclusion remains a stubborn red…
From Car Wash to Exit: How Bente Krogman Built mTek (Acquired by Bolttech)
Insurance penetration in Kenya has hovered at 2% for decades. Why? Because the industry tries to sell annual policies to people who earn daily wages. It’s a relevance problem, not a demand…
The "Supply Chain Finance" Myth: Why Retailers Really Need Capital | Fred Njogu
Most banks and fintechs misunderstand the problem at the last mile. They build "Supply Chain Finance" to fund invoices, assuming the sale has happened. But Fred Njogu explains that the real problem…
The "Black Hole" of African Payments: Why One PSP is Never Enough | Jonatan Allback
Why do 30% of transactions in South Africa fail? And more importantly, why do merchants often get nothing but a generic error message when it happens?Jonatan Allback, CEO of Njiapay, joins Samora…
Weaver Fintech - The Former Catalog Retailer's 8x Fintech Flywheel | Sean Wibberley
How do you build a lending business for a market traditional banks ignore? You don't start with a banking charter. You start with a catalog.Sean Wibberley, CEO of Weaver Fintech, joins Samora Kariuki…
The Accidental Fintech Career: From Malawi to Scaling Chipper Cash & Ebanx | Wiza Jalakasi
How do you build an "accidental" career in fintech? Wiza Jalakasi, famously known as "the African fintech guy" and now Director of African Expansion at Ebanx, joins Samora Kariuki to trace his…
He Resigned After His Mom Said He’d Changed — Building Africa’s Next Fintech Giant.
He resigned from one of the world's largest hedge funds after his mom said he'd changed. Tarek Mouganie’s journey is anything but conventional, taking him from a PhD in material science to the…
The Moment Playbook: Building a Pan-African Fintech with MultiChoice | Joel Yarbrough
In this episode, Samora Kariuki sits down with Joel Yarbrough, CEO of Moment, for a deep dive into the strategy and technology behind one of Africa's most ambitious new fintech ventures.The story of…
The Untold Story of M-Pesa: How Was It Really Built? | Catherine Karimi Gichunge
In this episode, Samora Kariuki sits down with Catherine Karimi Gichunge, a member of the original M-Pesa team, for a deep dive into the untold story of how Africa's most iconic fintech was really…
Mike Hudack on Making Global Money Movement Instant, Free, and Social
What if sending money across the world was as simple, free, and instant as making a phone call? In this episode, Samora Kariuki sits down with Mike Hudack, CEO of Sling, to discuss how his company is…
S1 AJ Davidson & Aum Thacker on the Playbook for Building a Fundable Credit Business in Africa.
What does it really take to build a lending business that can attract millions in institutional debt in Africa? In this episode, Samora Kariuki sits down with credit experts AJ Davidson (Sixpoint…
Rinse Jacobs on Building a Financial Platform for Africa's SMEs
What does it take to build a digital bank that truly solves the problems of small businesses in Africa? In this episode, Samora Kariuki sits down with Rinse Jacobs, CEO of Zazu, a neobank moving…
Ola Oyetayo on Building Licensed Cross-Border Payments for Africa
What does it take to build an enterprise-grade cross-border payments platform across Africa? In this episode, Samora Kariuki sits down with Ola Oyetayo, CEO of Verto—a licensed B2B payments platform…
Rebuilding Africa’s Tech Stack: Kamal Budhabhatti on Voice, AI, and the Future of Little
What happens when one of Africa’s top engineers sets out to rebuild a fintech and mobility platform—this time using AI?In this episode of the F-Squared Podcast, Samora Kariuki sits down with Kamal…
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