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Scale Beyond Borders | Be Visible | Partner Ecobank!
The Ecobank Fintech Fellowship
The Ecobank Fintech Fellowship is designed to provide opportunities for Ecobank Fintech Fellows to explore commercial partnerships and product integration deals with the Ecobank group. All emerging finalists from each cohort are inducted into the Fellowship annually, offering them the opportunity to engage Ecobank Executives on possible win-win commercial opportunities over an extended period.
The Fellowship program is situated under two (2) overarching segments - the Bootcamp which comprises preliminary sessions with Ecobank Executives, and strategic VC Partners and subsequently, the commercial engagement phase which launches integration dialogues between the Fellows and Ecobank Business Leads.
Since its inception in 2017, the Fellowship has seen five cohorts: 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022 cohorts.
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The Bootcamp
The Ecobank Fintech Fellowship kicks off with a Bootcamp which introduces the Fellows to the universe of Ecobank partnership and integration opportunities, as well as the processes and requirements relevant for initiating and navigating potential partnerships with the Ecobank Group.
The Bootcamp begins with sessions with Ecobank Executives who introduce Fellows to current partnership opportunities within Ecobank’s service landscape, the detailed integration processes, and compliance & risk management requirements.
Following these preliminary sessions, the Bootcamp launches into sessions with Ecobank Business Units’ Heads who expand on leveraging existing Ecobank digital offerings for further collaborative opportunities. The Bootcamp also connects Fellows with Investors and strategic partners who provide insights and coaching for fundraising exploration.
Ecobank Fintech Success Stories
Growth Factor, 2022 Ecobank Fintech Fellow
Touch and Pay, 2020 Ecobank Fintech Fellow
The Ecobank Fintech Alumni
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Learn more about the 2022 Fellows
Touch and Pay
Touch and Pay provides the infrastructure to digitize and process microtransactions in Africa. Large-sum payment processing has largely been automated but simple everyday transactions are completely cash-based. This is where we come in. Through our flagship product, Cowry, we digitize micro-everyday transactions using our Cowry App or offline based Cowry card.
With more than 250 million Africans relying on cash payments with merchants every day, we seek to fill this gap.
Moni Africa
Nigeria
Moni is a community-driven platform that empowers SMEs across Africa with the working capital and the technology they need to grow and scale.
Using our Community Financing (CoFi) and credit decisioning models, we have disbursed over 15k loans disbursed valued at nearly $20m in the past year.
Paycode
South Africa
Paycode is a unique B2B digital payment platform that provides last mile solutions to the underserved and unbanked. We solve the 3 key challenges of financial inclusion: identity, cost and connectivity, through biometric digital identity and offline low-cost transactions.
MaishaPay
D.R Congo
MaishaPay is a domestic payment and remittance services provider that helps MSMEs, e- commerce merchants, and individuals to receive and make payments by mobile money and bank cards in a simple and secure way.
With MaishaPay platform, users can interact with different mobile payment solutions (interoperability) and make payments via QR codes.
MaishaPay is an inclusive innovation designed with for underserved and unserved segments of society. Our platform has local dialect options, can be accessed on feature phones (using USSD), and its e-KYC can be leveraged to create unique and secure digital identity for customers.
DizzitUp
Togo
DizzitUp is a carbon-free, green energy equipment marketplace powered by blockchain technology. Our platform is a mobile only (IOS, Android) platform with secure payment processing service.
Cauri Money
Senegal
Western banks offer a nightmarish payment experience and no cross-border investment option into emerging markets. Cauri Money is a digital bank built to facilitate payments and other financial services between the EU and Africa (Senegal) for Africans in the diaspora. With Cauri Money, African emigrants can make money transfers and investments from Europe into Africa (Senegal).