Tag: lending sector

• Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum set to take place in Abuja

  

  Every year, the Tony Elumelu Foundation—Africa’s foremost champion of entrepreneurship—hosts the largest convening of entrepreneurs, policymakers and business leaders in one location. This year, the 5th edition themed “Empowering African Entrepreneurs” will take place at the iconic Transcorp Hilton, in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. The forum will feature masterclasses, a dynamic pitching competition, electrifying panel debates, and the Presidential…

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  May 24, 2019

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• New marketplace seeks to expand Africa’s financial ecosystem – Introducing Pocket Money

  

  Pocket Money is a digital lending marketplace determined to transform the financial fortunes of borrowers in Africa by pioneering a ‘cyclic’ lending system that will provide a breath of fresh air even to potential borrowers who had previously been ‘rejected’ by lenders within Pocket Money’s ecosystem. To address this challenge, Pocket Money has come up…

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  May 15, 2019

  Business, Education, Events, Interviews

  access, Africa, AWP, AWP Network, borrowers, change, ecosystem, financial ecosystem, financial inclusion, lenders, lending platform, lending sector, loans, marketplace, Mary Olushoga, Nigeria, payment system, Pocket Money, progress, South Africa, Stefano Virgili, women, women entrepreneurs, Zambia