• #79: Cellulant - How the FinTech payments platform is providing financial services across Africa

  • Jan 31 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
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#79: Cellulant - How the FinTech payments platform is providing financial services across Africa

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  • Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Cellulant, the African payments infrastructure company. We’ll explore the story across the following areas African financial sector context Cellulant’s early history Product & monetization strategy Competitive positioning & potential exit options Outlook This episode was recorded on Jan 20, 2025 Companies discussed: Cellulant, Flutterwave, Interswitch, DPO Group (Network International), Paystack, Stripe, Moniepoint, MTN & Airtel. Business concepts discussed: Payments platforms, payments partnerships strategy, card networks, payments infrastructure, low-end disruption, banking regulation & payments M&A strategy Conversation highlights: (01:00) - What is Cellulant and why we’re talking about them (07:25) - Context of African Banking Opportunity and Neobanks (15:07) - Cellulant founding and early history (36:16) - Fundraising (41:17) - Growth and Geographical Expansion (58:12) - Product and Monetization Strategy (01:15:12) - Competition and Options for Exit (1:21:26) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook (1:28:18) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook (1:32:45) - Recommendations and small wins Olumide’s recommendations & small wins: Interested in investing in Africa Tech with Olumide: Read about Adamantium fund & contact me at olumide@afrobility.com. Founders looking for funding: If you're a B2B founder working on Education, Health, Finance or food, please contact me for funding at olumide@afrobility.com Checkout my FIREDOM book = FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) + Freedom = personal finance and financial independence book. Website, Read: Substack Newsletter & Buy: Print, eBook or Audiobook) Recommendation: Titan - Rockefeller's autobiography. Solid and thorough look at the fascinating life of an incredible person. Incredible read. Recommendation: Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential. Personal development book filled with ideas, as it compiles insights from other renowned books. Recommendation: The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to his son: Letters from Rochaleller to his son with timeless stories and life principles Recommendation: Google Notebook LM. Game changer for researchers, Incredible resource to research information when you have sources. Small win: Stretching and yoga in the mornings before weight lifting workouts Small win: Went to south pointe picnic with friends Bankole’s recommendations & small wins: Recommendation: Podcast: Francois Chollet, Mike Knoop - LLMs won’t lead to AGI - $1,000,000 Prize to find true solution & Video: 20 Mechanical Principles in One Lego Machine Small win: Early in the year, but working out everyday Other content: Ken Njoroge's Entrepreneurship Journey: Overcoming Tragedy and Building Success Listeners: We’d love to hear from you. Email info@afrobility.com with feedback! Founders & Operators: We'd love to hear about what you're working on, email us at info@afrobility.com Investors: It would be great to link up with you. Contact us at info@afrobility.com Join our insider mailing list where we get feedback on new episodes & find all episodes on Afrobility.com
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