Building the Financial Rails Between Africa and Its Diaspora - Ope Sonusi, Bluum Finance

Send us Fan MailOpe Sonusi is the founder of Bluum Finance, a platform building the infrastructure layer that allows fintechs to offer investing and wealth management products across Africa and its global diaspora. In this conversation, Ope shares how his own experience as an immigrant led him to a missing piece in fintech: the ability to build wealth across borders. We also explore why investing infrastructure in emerging markets is so complex, and what it will take to unlock capital flows at scale. In this episode we cover:  (00:01:02) Ope’s background in fintech infrastructure and how his experience as an immigrant led him to build Bluum  (00:04:22) Why investing infrastructure in emerging markets is far more complex than payments or lending  (00:11:37) What Bluum actually does and how it enables fintechs to launch investing products through a single API  (00:15:36) Why access to African markets is still limited today and how Bluum changes that for the diaspora  (00:20:27) The scale of remittance flows and the opportunity to redirect capital into local markets  (00:29:56) The long-term impact of unlocking retail liquidity for African capital markets and enabling local IPOs  (00:36:21) Why now is the right time, driven by stablecoins, AI, and regulatory shifts Find us on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and Youtube.