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🎙 F-Squared Podcast #14 - Wiza Jalakasi - The Accidental Fintech Career
From a failed start-up to the "6M Users" Reality Check while at Chipper, and Solving Global Payments for Africa at Ebanx
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Samora Kariuki
Frontier Fintech GPS# 50 - October 22nd 2025
Kenya finally passes VASP Laws, Ripple partners with Absa for Crypto Custody, NCBA launches new corporate banking platform and other stories that…
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Samora Kariuki
#99 - How to Win in African Wealthtech: A Four-Country Guide to Localized Success
An analysis of why a model like Piggyvest thrives in Nigeria, while different players dominate in Kenya and South Africa.
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Samora Kariuki
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🎙 F-Squared Podcast #13 - My Mom Told Me to Quit My Job, So I Decided to Build a Bank in Ghana
A conversation with Tarek Mouganie of Affinity Africa on leaving a top hedge fund, building a full-stack digital bank from scratch, and why a hybrid…
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Samora Kariuki

September 2025

Small Holiday/Break
Taking a short-break from the weekly articles to show up even stronger for the next phase of Frontier Fintech.
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Samora Kariuki
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#98 - Beyond Oil: The New Saudi Fintech Playbook
How a Coordinated National Strategy is Forging a Fintech Powerhouse and the lessons for Africa
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Samora Kariuki
🎙 F-Squared Podcast #13 - The Moment Playbook: Multichoice’s Pan-African Fintech Play
An analysis of how MultiChoice turned an internal operational challenge into a new enterprise fintech, with insights from Moment CEO Joel Yarbrough.
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Samora Kariuki
Frontier Fintech GPS# 49 - September 17th 2025
Kredete raises US$ 22 million Series A, Sub-Saharan Africa sees rapid Crypto growth, South Africa witnessing e-commerce boom and other stories that…
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Samora Kariuki
#97 - A Year of Big Ideas
Looking back at one year of writing Frontier Fintech and the big ideas that emerged.
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Samora Kariuki
Frontier Fintech GPS# 48 - September 10th 2025
Bank of Ghana suspends some key PSPs, Peerless celebrates a year with 2b transactions, Kenyan High Court exempts Fintechs from VAT and other stories…
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Samora Kariuki
We're Removing The Paywall
What one year of publishing Frontier Fintech has shown us from a commercial perspective and why we're excited about the clarity we're getting.
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Samora Kariuki
🎙 F-Squared Podcast #12-The Untold Story of M-Pesa: How it was really built!
A deep dive with Catherine Karimi Gichunge, one of the first members of the original M-Pesa team, on the grit, strategy, and on-the-ground hustle that…
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Samora Kariuki
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