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Tag: #Africa
May 14, 2020May 19, 2020
Early Stage Funding in Africa — A Pulse Check (Webinar)
By Arjuna Costa and Ameya Upadhyay Entrepreneurs everywhere are dealing with much uncertainty right now, especially in Africa, where capital markets are...
October 31, 2019March 11, 2020
How We Made It In Africa: The journey so far: Brad Magrath, co-founder, Zoona
Brad Magrath is the co-founder and CEO of Zoona, a financial services company that offers money transfers and payment solutions.
October 4, 2019March 11, 2020
The New York Times: He Grew Up on a Farm. Now, He Helps Protect Them.
In their latest "Visionaries" series piece, The Times shines the spotlight on Thomas Njeru. He is the proud co-founder of Pula, a microinsurance firm based in Kenya that covers small farms across Africa.
August 29, 2019March 11, 2020
The Economist: The poor, who most need insurance, are least likely to have it
The Economist shines a light on how moves to expand “financial inclusion” are being extended to bring the poor insurance as well as mobile-money accounts and access to credit with examples of progress from portfolio companies Toffee, Pula and MircroEnsure.
August 5, 2019March 11, 2020
TechCrunch: Flutterwave and Alipay partner on payments between Africa and China
Flutterwave has partnered with Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba’s Alipay to offer digital payments between Africa and China.
July 23, 2019March 11, 2020
This Day Live: Costa – Why Financial Inclusion is Not Enough Anymore
Managing Partner, Arjuna Costa, spoke to journalists in Lagos about financial health and rising trends in fintech.
July 15, 2019March 11, 2020
Flourish’s Ameya Upadhyay Presents at Mobile360 Africa: How Fintech is Driving Financial Health
The panel will be focusing on how to harness the power of new technologies to drive access and transparency for Africans.
May 16, 2019March 11, 2020
Disrupt Africa: Meet the Investor: Arjuna Costa, 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 as a leader at Flourish.
May 3, 2019June 19, 2020
Flourish’s Ameya Upadhyay to speak at AFSiC’s Investing in Africa 2019
Flourish is excited to be a part of AFSiC's Investing in Africa conference happening on Wednesday, May 8th through Friday, May 10th.