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Efayomi Carr

Flourish Focus: Apollo (Nairobi)

[Flourish Focus] A One-on-One with Apollo Agriculture Co-Founders

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, fintech companies in Africa saw a surge in venture capital last year and today the region stands out among its emerging-market peers. Africa’s growing population of 1.2B people, its rising mobile adoption and digitization as well as the drop in Internet costs are among key factors...

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[Business Daily Africa] Agritech is the next frontier in growing Africa food security

Originally posted on Business Daily Africa SUMMARY Over the past five years, funding in agritech start-ups across the African continent has been rising consistently, according to data from Disrupt Africa, with hot spots emerging in Kenya and South Africa. Many tech start-ups have developed solutions targeting various aspects of agriculture,...

Efayomi Carr

[The Standard] Adopting Open Data for Finance Could Boost Economic Growth in Ten Years

Originally posted on The Standard As we emerge from the pandemic, we are seeing several mutually reinforcing shifts in how the financial system functions. First, the basic digital infrastructure for finance, accounts, payments and identity is getting an upgrade. Second, this evolving financial technology stack, driven by APIs, is getting...

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[One Jollof] Building A Career Across The African Continent with Efayomi Carr

Originally posted on One Jollof Pepper Soup #19 features Efayomi Carr, Principal of Fintech focused Venture Capital Firm Flourish Ventures. Over the last 10 years Efe has worked in finance, governance and the entrepreneurship space across the African continent, including Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and Kenya.

[24Bit Podcast] The Opportunities Fintech brings to Africa: A discussion with Flourish Ventures Principal Efayomi Carr

Originally posted on 24Bit Podcast In this latest episode of our 24Bit podcast, I sat down with Efayomi Carr to discuss Fintech in Africa. Efayomi Carr is a Principal at Flourish Ventures, a Global Fintech Venture Firm that recently opened its offices in Kenya. The new office, the Silicon Valley-based VC...

[TechMoran] The fintech-focused VC space in Africa is fairly small, here is how Flourish Ventures is changing that

Originally posted on TechMoran The fintech-focused investment space in Africa is fairly small, but Flourish Ventures, a global fintech venture capital firm and arm of Omidyar Network, which launched 2 years ago with a $300m war-chest, is changing that for good. Flourish Ventures recently opened a new office in Nairobi...

February 25, 2021

Strengthening Our Global Team to Address Accelerating Tech Trends and Growing Need for More Financial Health

With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we are more determined than ever to double down and empower passionate fintech entrepreneurs around the globe. We strive to…

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Why We Invested in Apollo Agriculture: Helping Smallholder Farmers Grow in Africa

Traditionally, the transaction costs of serving farmers have been too high to permit commercial models. However, a new wave of technology-driven ventures are trying to…

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