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Afrikoin - Emerging Digital Currency & Payments in Africa

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Launched in 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya; Afrikoin aims to be the most innovative digital money and financial technology gathering in Africa tackling key technical, adoption, research and regulatory issues that innovators in Africa face. We aim to highlight important technology and business trends on the continent that underpin economic progress across many sectors from healthcare to ecommerce that are underpinned by digital financial services. In the last few years, billions of dollars have been raised to invest in the financial services space targeting Africa from buying and reinventing banks to disrupting and enhancing remittance services, meanwhile the rise of telecommunication led mobile money in Africa in tapping the “underbanked” together with powerful technological forces create huge opportunities in financial services for the next billion consumers on the continent. Afrikoin is not a cryptocurrency, but we are fans of bitcoin and the application of blockchain technology to Africa.

Location:

Kenya

Description:

Launched in 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya; Afrikoin aims to be the most innovative digital money and financial technology gathering in Africa tackling key technical, adoption, research and regulatory issues that innovators in Africa face. We aim to highlight important technology and business trends on the continent that underpin economic progress across many sectors from healthcare to ecommerce that are underpinned by digital financial services. In the last few years, billions of dollars have been raised to invest in the financial services space targeting Africa from buying and reinventing banks to disrupting and enhancing remittance services, meanwhile the rise of telecommunication led mobile money in Africa in tapping the “underbanked” together with powerful technological forces create huge opportunities in financial services for the next billion consumers on the continent. Afrikoin is not a cryptocurrency, but we are fans of bitcoin and the application of blockchain technology to Africa.

Twitter:

@Afrikoin

Language:

English


Episodes
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Afrikoin Cape Town 2014 Opening Keynote: Reverse Innovation in Financial Services

12/9/2014
Udayan Goyal, Apis Partners

Duration:00:29:50

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Afrikoin Cape Town 2014: Customer Acquisition, Marketing and Loyalty

12/9/2014
Moderator: Perry Blacher, Amadeus Capital Katlego Maphai, CEO, Yoco Neels Bornman, CEO, Facevalue Bevan Ducasse, CEO, Wi Group

Duration:00:46:18

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Afrikoin Nairobi 2013 Remittance Driven Ecommerce in Africa

11/29/2013
Spencer Okach, Equity Bank and Paypal Partnership: Paypal is global online payments leader. Learn more about the opportunities for East Africa Ecommerce as well as a new channel for Remittance through the partnership with Equity Bank. Segeni Ngethe, MamaMikes and AirPesa: Lessons from East Africa oldest Ecommerce Company from gifting to airtime remote top. Kojo Ayirebi, Zished: A gifting e-commerce platform enabling the African diaspora to remain connected and able to share in moments with...

Duration:00:39:41

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Afrikoin Nairobi 2013 Africa Digital Money & E-commerce User Research Studies

11/29/2013
Leonida Mutuku, iHub Research: An Exploratory Study on E-commerce, Digital Payments and Digital Remittances in Nairobi Jeremy George, biNu Vice President for Africa: - How the biNu Platform facilitates Africa effective Market Research. How to survey a large community of ‘middle of the pyramid’ users quickly and easily. Joel Macharia, Abacus Africa-focused Money and Business Data Research Service: Business by the Numbers - Using real time news, data and analytics to make smarter, faster, more...

Duration:00:44:59