Fingo Africa

A neobank for Africa's 500 million youth

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Why you should join Fingo Africa

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Fingo is building a pan-African digital bank backed by Ecobank, the largest bank in Africa. We are specifically focused on young people.

Today, most Africans pay 5-15% fees to transfer money to friends, family, or businesses - with Fingo these fees will be 10x times smaller.

❌ The problem

Banking in Africa is broken for young people

Account opening is very slow: 3-7 day non-digital opening process for personal accounts (and much slower for businesses)

📈Sending money is expensive: transfer fees are upwards of 5-40% depending on transaction type

😫User experiences are poor: clunky banking apps with low uptake & limited advanced features (e.g. saving pots, payment links and bill splitting)

😵‍💫Different financial services all exist in different places: No central provider for banking, savings, investments and business accounts

⚙️ How does Fingo work?

🏃🏽‍♂️Account opening in 240 seconds through automated KYC and digital ID validation

📉Transaction fees are 90% cheaper than competitors

💬A chat focused UI and social tags for sending money reduces user friction and makes transacting fun

🔗Payment links to get paid from anywhere

and more!

✨What's special?

We have a signed contract with the largest bank in Africa, Ecobank. This gives us access to 33 markets through a single API.

We are built by and for young people. Fingo is focusing on the largest youth population in history, specifically the 200m urban African youth.

The Fingo App: Beta launched in Kenya with 100 customers and a 5,000 customer waitlist

https://fingo.africa/

Join us in changing the African Fintech Landscape!

Fingo Africa
Founded:2020
Team Size:8
Location:Nairobi, Kenya
Founders
James da Costa
James da Costa
Founder
Kiiru Muhoya
Kiiru Muhoya
Founder
Ian Njuguna
Ian Njuguna
Founder
Gitari Tirima
Gitari Tirima
Founder