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Building micro-savings and financial products | Odun co-founder of PiggyVest

First published

04/05/2021

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In this episode we speak to Odun the co-founder of PiggyVest a micro-savings and micro-investment platform with a focus on building affordable micro-financial products for millennials. When people think of Nigerian FinTech founders Odun is always one person that is mentioned and PiggyVest currently helps its over 2 million customers save well over a billion naira per year. We hear about 0:00 - Introduction of Odun & Odun’s journey & learnings pre PiggyVest; 5:04 - Product development & future product plans - microinsurance, SMEs & more; 12:40 - How to build a product that can adapt to regulatory changes; 16:47 - Growth hacks & how PiggyVest uses social media to grow a strong community; 22:16 - PiggyVest & other markets; 23:48 - Problems with current conceptualisations of financial inclusion; 27:09 - Odun’s hopes for the evolution of the Nigerian fintech scene; 28:32 - Odun’s newest endeavor, FirstCheck - a female-focused angel fund.

Duration

33 minutes

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The Creators Africa

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