Building micro-savings and financial products | Odun co-founder of PiggyVest

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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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Building micro-savings and financial products | Odun co-founder of PiggyVest

The Creators Africa

33 minutes 49 seconds

4 years ago

Building micro-savings and financial products | Odun co-founder of PiggyVest

In this episode we speak to Odun the co-founder of PiggyVest a micro-savings and micro-investment platform with a focus on building affordable micro-financial products for millennials. When people think of Nigerian FinTech founders Odun is always one person that is mentioned and PiggyVest currently helps its over 2 million customers save well over a billion naira per year. We hear about

0:00 - Introduction of Odun & Odun’s journey & learnings pre PiggyVest;

5:04 - Product development & future product plans - microinsurance, SMEs & more;

12:40 - How to build a product that can adapt to regulatory changes;

16:47 - Growth hacks & how PiggyVest uses social media to grow a strong community;

22:16 - PiggyVest & other markets;

23:48 - Problems with current conceptualisations of financial inclusion;

27:09 - Odun’s hopes for the evolution of the Nigerian fintech scene;

28:32 - Odun’s newest endeavor, FirstCheck - a female-focused angel fund.