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[This Day Live] Costa - Why Financial Inclusion is Not Enough Anymore

This July, Flourish held Flourish Startup Bootcamp and the Market Makers events in Lagos where our Managing Partner, Arjuna Costa, spoke to select journalists on what the firm is bringing to Nigeria and Africa and the new trends in fintech. This Day Live's Solomon Elusoji shared the below from Arjuna's discussion...

[Ozy.com] He's Banking the Unbanked in Nigeria and Beyond

Paga's CEO and Founder, Tayo Oviosu, is featured in this article in the rising star section of Ozy.com. In 2009, Tayo Oviosu returned from the US to Nigeria, with the desire to start a company with a big idea. “I knew that whatever I wanted to do had to pass...

[Disrupt Africa] Meet the Investor: Arjuna Costa, Flourish

Flourish managing partner Arjuna Costa sat down with Disrupt Africa to share about his journey - from his career on Wall Street, to starting funding microfinance organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa, and now co-managing Flourish with a primary focus on venture investing across emerging markets in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. “I...

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[Financial IT]: Crown Agents Bank Acquires Segovia to Strengthen Its Frontier Markets Payment Platform

Crown Agents Bank announced that it has acquired Flourish portfolio company Segovia, a US-based technology company focused on frontier market payments. The two companies have been working together since 2017 and share a common mission: making payments to and from frontier markets easier, faster, more secure, and cost-effective. Financial IT...

Paga CEO Tayo Oviosu

[MarketingWorld]: Paga Grows, Hits $4.6 Billion in Transactions in 10 years

Flourish proudly congratulates Paga, one of the leading mobile money operators in Nigeria, as they mark their 10th anniversary on April 3, 2019. This week, Paga announced it has processed over $4.6 billion in transactions since it kicked off operations. MarketingWorld shared how the mobile money company plans to expand...

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