A pan-African neobank | Ngozi from Carbon

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The Creators Africa

Maya Caddle

7 episodes

4 days ago

Hear from the top entrepreneurs who are building Africa’s tech scene and some of the most exciting startups from the ground up and have been profiled by the likes of TechCrunch and have been part of programs such as Y Combinator and Pioneer. On The Creators Africa we discuss how the founders approached growing their startups, the challenges they faced along the way, and what the future holds for their companies and industries.

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A pan-African neobank | Ngozi from Carbon

The Creators Africa

47 minutes 39 seconds

4 years ago

A pan-African neobank | Ngozi from Carbon

Today, we talk to Ngozi Dozie the founder of Carbon, a pan-African neobank that has been written about by the likes of Forbes and TechCrunch. We hear how Carbon has grown to processing over $240million in payments, his experience building a neobank in Kenya vs in Nigeria, his thoughts on SMEs and fintech on the continent and much much more!

0:00 - Introduction of Ngozi & Carbon;

3:29 - The SME opportunity & Carbon’s SME products;

9:08 - Building a neobank in Nigeria vs in Kenya;

12:59 - COVID learnings & the impact on loans;

17:42 - COVID & unexpected behaviours with savings;

20:17 - How to approach product development & learnings from product mistakes;

26:41 - Carbon’s ID verification & payment products;

31:50 - Ngozi’s career journey & learnings;

38:14 - The future of African FinTech.