Aku, which is building a full suite of payments and banking services for Nigeria has secured an undisclosed amount of pre-seed capital from The Fintech Fund.
The Aku product has a complete set of features that are especially developed to simplify finances throughout West Africa in addition to being exquisitely designed.
Founded in 2019, Aku offers straightforward, adaptable debit cards for customers that earn points for every dollar spent.
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Adaeze “Dezzy” Onwumere, its co-founder, has extensive experience in the fintech industry. She was previously the COO of Social Payments at EcoCash Holdings and the Head of Cassava Fintech Commercial Operations at Econet Group. Former Director of Microsoft MEA, is co-founder Patrick Onwumere. He returned to Africa to lead Microsoft’s youth investment strategy after beginning his career in Redmond, Washington.
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Charles Rapulu Udoh
Charles Rapulu Udoh is a Lagos-based lawyer, who has several years of experience working in Africa’s burgeoning tech startup industry. He has closed multi-million dollar deals bordering on venture capital, private equity, intellectual property (trademark, patent or design, etc.), mergers and acquisitions, in countries such as in the Delaware, New York, UK, Singapore, British Virgin Islands, South Africa, Nigeria etc. He’s also a corporate governance and cross-border data privacy and tax expert.
As an award-winning writer and researcher, he is passionate about telling the African startup story, and is one of the continent’s pioneers in this regard. You can book a session and speak with him using the link: https://insightsbyexperts.com/view_expert/charles-rapulu-udoh