Frontier Fintech

F-Squared Podcast

Technology EN ↓ 27 episodes

Frontier Fintech is a podcast about the business of fintech in Africa. We speak with founders, executives, investors, and regulators who are shaping financial services across the continent—helping you connect the dots in Pan-African fintech.

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Beyond Banking and Lending – The Story of Carbon So Far with Ngozi Dozie 17.04.2025 1:13:50

In this engaging episode of the Frontier Fintech podcast, host Samora Kariuki sits down with Ngozi Dozie, co-founder of Carbon, to unpack the untapped potential of Nigeria’s lending market. Despite Nigeria’s status as one of Africa’s largest economies, only 2–5% of its population accessed loans annually a decade ago. Ngozi reveals how Carbon seized this opportunity, starting with paper-based salar...

The Story Behind Kenya’s Most Ambitious Banking Transformation 03.04.2025 1:08:05

70% of digital transformations in banks fail. The odds are even worse when you're pivoting from a niche corporate bank to a universal, tech-driven institution. But I&M Bank has bucked the trend. In this episode, we sit down with Shameer Patel, Executive General Manager of Retail and Business Banking at I&M Bank. Shameer was instrumental in architecting I&M’s transformation—first fr...