Mubarak Sumaila's guest appearances

Mubarak Sumaila

AfricArena Podcast with Patrick Craig

AfricaX Podcast

Tosin Adelowo

Elohor Thomas

Rachel Crawford

Charles Ojei

Ryan Harris

Viola Llewellyn

Hogan Lovells

Justin Stanford

Aubrey Hruby

Nkem Okocha

ANNETTE MULLER

Murendeni Mafumo

Gwen Ngwenya

Antoinette Prophy

Abraham Cambridge

OwlTail

This conversation with Mubarak Sumaila was recorded at the AfricArena West African Summit in June 2021, held at The Raddison Sea Plaza hotel in Dakar.Throughout the conference, I chatted to as many stakeholders as possible to share with you as much insight on what’s happening on the ground in this exciting tech ecosystem. So be sure to check out all the micro episodes from this West African Summit Series, following this one, you can understand the perspectives and ideas coming out of this exciting region.Massive thanks to our partners' DER, La Délégation générale à l'Entreprenariat Rapide, The International Trade Centre, Thé French Embassy in Senegal, Amazon Web Services, Orange Ventures, and our greater partner network for making this summit happen. If it wasn’t for all of you, we wouldn’t be here today. Right now that’s out the way, let’s get stuck in shall we.

This conversation with Mubarak Sumaila was recorded at the AfricArena West African Summit in June 2021, held at The Raddison Sea Plaza hotel in Dakar. Throughout the conference, I chatted to as many stakeholders as possible to share with you as much insight on what’s happening on the ground in this exciting tech ecosystem. So be sure to check out all the micro episodes from this West African Summit Series, following this one, you can understand the perspectives and ideas coming out of this exciting region. Massive thanks to our partners' DER, La Délégation générale à l'Entreprenariat Rapide, The International Trade Centre, Thé French Embassy in Senegal, Amazon Web Services, Orange Ventures, and our greater partner network for making this summit happen. If it wasn’t for all of you, we wouldn’t be here today. Right now that’s out the way, let’s get stuck in shall we.

Ep #35 - West African Summit Mini Series - A Conversation with Mubarak Sumaila (BezoMoney)

Meet Mubarak Sumaila, co-founder of BezoMoney, a business in Ghana that is Digitizing Traditional Savings Groups, helping group members to build a favourable credit history and getting access to formal financial products and services.  They also run a financial literacy platform that provides practical information on how to grow and manage your finances. In the interview Mubarak shares How he came across the idea for the business when he started paying attention to his mom's savings group and developing an interest for how it worked and what their challenges wereHow design thinking helped him and his team in the process of launching the business And how both traditional banks as well as Microfinance left room for innovation and improvement of financial services.  He also shares a lot about how the traditional savings groups function as well as the benefit to people and what his advice for young Africans is.  There are a lot interesting insights in this interview and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did.  And now, without further ado, enter Mubarak Sumaila.   _______________________ YOU LIKE THE AFRICAX PROJECT?  Here is how you can learn more and support...:  👉🏾 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/africaxproject/ 👉🏾 Check out our Blog: https://www.africax.org/blog to listen to all of the episodes as a podcast and watch the videos 👉🏾 Donate and help us empower the next generation of young entrepreneurs and changemakers in Africa through https://www.yesfoundersfoundation.org with as little as 10 USD 👉🏾 Or last but not least GET THE AFRICAX BOOK HERE... and follow the epic adventure of Dulcie Mativo and Thomas Jakel as they travel the African continent overland with an electric motorbike, to interview over 100 inspiring changemakers in 20 countries, from Morocco and Mauritania to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and many more... Get access to the the charge map for the electric motorbike, the interviews with 100 changemakers, entrepreneurs and social innovators and our 10 'secrets' to travelling the African continent electric. Here some of the 5 Star reviews of the book:  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Now this adventure and story telling is something else!!! I’m now in Ghana. Completely grateful for Abo as well. Liberia was the epic best disaster." - a reader ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Such an amazing read. Probably the first book I’ve read in a year - since 2020 I’ve mostly been doing audio books ; but this is so worth it. It’s made me crave a good read again, thank you." - a reader ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A wild and captivating read that combines both a unique adventure as well as inspiring accounts about Africa's young leaders and social entrepreneurs. If you are into travel and inspiration, this book is for you. Thumbs up." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I started reading into this book without high expectations but then got really pulled into the story. So much so, that I found it hard to put the book down. It is a wild mix of pure adventure, fun storytelling that has you on the floor laughing, the inspirational vibe with all the interviews with African entrepreneurs and then the zen attitude this couple gives off, even when they are stuck in the mud between borders or lose their support vehicle. Great read. Can only recommend."

Meet <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/thewanamaker/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mubarak Sumaila</a>, co-founder of <a href="https://bezomoney.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BezoMoney</a>, a business in Ghana that is Digitizing Traditional Savings Groups, helping group members to build a favourable credit history and getting access to formal financial products and services.  They also run a financial literacy platform that provides practical information on how to grow and manage your finances. In the interview Mubarak shares <ul><li>How he came across the idea for the business when he started paying attention to his mom's savings group and developing an interest for how it worked and what their challenges were</li><li>How design thinking helped him and his team in the process of launching the business </li><li>And how both traditional banks as well as Microfinance left room for innovation and improvement of financial services. </li></ul> He also shares a lot about how the traditional savings groups function as well as the benefit to people and what his advice for young Africans is.  There are a lot interesting insights in this interview and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did.  And now, without further ado, enter Mubarak Sumaila.   _______________________ YOU LIKE THE AFRICAX PROJECT? Here is how you can learn more and support...: 👉🏾 Follow us on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/africaxproject/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/africaxproject/</a> 👉🏾 Check out our Blog: <a href="https://www.africax.org/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.africax.org/blog</a> to listen to all of the episodes as a podcast and watch the videos 👉🏾 Donate and help us empower the next generation of young entrepreneurs and changemakers in Africa through <a href="https://www.yesfoundersfoundation.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.yesfoundersfoundation.org</a> with as little as 10 USD 👉🏾 Or last but not least <a href="https://viewbook.at/africax_book" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GET THE AFRICAX BOOK HERE</a>... and follow the epic adventure of Dulcie Mativo and Thomas Jakel as they travel the African continent overland with an electric motorbike, to interview over 100 inspiring changemakers in 20 countries, from Morocco and Mauritania to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and many more... Get access to the the charge map for the electric motorbike, the interviews with 100 changemakers, entrepreneurs and social innovators and our 10 'secrets' to travelling the African continent electric. Here some of the 5 Star reviews of the book: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Now this adventure and story telling is something else!!! I’m now in Ghana. Completely grateful for Abo as well. Liberia was the epic best disaster." - a reader ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Such an amazing read. Probably the first book I’ve read in a year - since 2020 I’ve mostly been doing audio books ; but this is so worth it. It’s made me crave a good read again, thank you." - a reader ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A wild and captivating read that combines both a unique adventure as well as inspiring accounts about Africa's young leaders and social entrepreneurs. If you are into travel and inspiration, this book is for you. Thumbs up." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I started reading into this book without high expectations but then got really pulled into the story. So much so, that I found it hard to put the book down. It is a wild mix of pure adventure, fun storytelling that has you on the floor laughing, the inspirational vibe with all the interviews with African entrepreneurs and then the zen attitude this couple gives off, even when they are stuck in the mud between borders or lose their support vehicle. Great read. Can only recommend."

BezoMoney: Digitizing Traditional Savings Groups & Driving Financial Inclusion with Mubarak Sumaila