The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 16
Interview with Espen Sandø, Co-founder and CEO, Wattero The “dream” – how it all started Wattero was started by four students, three based in Norway and one living in Côte d’Ivoire, that saw access to energy as the most fundamental human need, a prerequisite for all other needs to be fulfilled. Given the challenges…
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The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 15
Interview with Monifair The “dream” – how it all started Monifair is a fintech startup based in Oslo. Founded by a team who wants to bring fairness back into finances. We are on a mission to help our customers achieve their dreams and life goals, by offering a service that gives them mastery and…
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The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 14
Interview with Moni What was the dream? How did it all start? The dream was financial inclusion, equal access to financial services for anyone, anywhere. What is Moni’s product? We provide smart accounts and a prepaid mastercard. We are developing a marketplace for financial services. What are your challenges? Financially underserved people…
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The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 13
Interview with PayQin The “dream” – how it all started More than 80% of people in emerging countries don’t have access to financial services. Today most of those people would like to buy products online on a website like Amazon, eBay – if you don’t have a debit card this is just not possible….
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The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 12
From Asger Trier Bing, CEO, M-PAYG M-PAYG is aiming to bring clean and affordable energy to +2 billion people currently stuck in energy poverty with no energy or very limited access. We are working in Kenya, Malawi and partly Tanzania. Energy is not only light, but also access to information through a charged phone…
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The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 11
Interview with Nordic Microfinance Initiative (NMI) The “dream” – how it started Mr. Johan H. Andresen, Chairman and owner of Ferd, had the idea of what was to become Nordic Microfinance Initiative (NMI) during World Economic Forum in Davos in 2004. He later wrote the Norwegian Prime minister Mr. Jens Stoltenberg and shared the…
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The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 10
Interview with Doconomy The “dream” – how it all started From economy to Doconomy. Doconomy was founded in Sweden in 2018 by Johan Pihl, Mathias Wikström and a team of dedicated people from the finance, tech and communications industry. The philosophy is based on the fact that we all need to tackle climate change…
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The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 9
Interview with Diwala The “dream” – how it started With a passion for impact, Diwala met and joined forces at a hackathon hosted by Innovation Norway and UN women in 2017. After winning the hackathon, the Diwala team established the mission to give youths and displaced people around the world the means to empower…
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The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 8
BRIGHT tell us about delivering clean energy solutions to people living off the grid On a company retreat in a mountain cabin in the winter of 2007, Oslo-based design office K8 adopts a manifest to “go green and make a difference”, which would end up being the start of BRIGHT’s history. Thousands of hours…
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The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 7
In conversation with Rain Sepp, Founder & CEO, askRobin How did askRobin start? I started askRobin after I studied the Mexican market for consumer lending business. I only then understood how big financial exclusion is. I sat down with tens of people, studying their lives. They had no options to get any formal credit,…
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