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Building the future of sports fandom @paulplays_ai , invest via @DIHGroup . Exited @AppruveHQ | ⛏️inventor ,Sailor ⛵🇬🇭🇬🇧🇺🇸| checkout my newsletter 🗞️👇🏽
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US 🇺🇸 sports fan are the biggest money 🤑 splurging fans !
Affluent Americans spend over $20 billion annually on admission fees to sporting event, equipment, souvenirs, and other sports related expenses. In fact, they account for 6 out of every 10 dollars spent on game tickets
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@Benji_Fernandes
I began my career selling insurance at 18. It's generally a hard category. Cultural influences are major factor. Eg; in 🇬🇭funeral insurance is widely accepted because of the importance we put on the ceremony ,it's a taboo in 🇳🇬 to talk about someone's death ,when they are alive.
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August started with a bang for Appruve 🚀
> Closed pan-African financial services client, million dollar deal annually 🤑
> Rolling out KYC & Document verification APIs for Egypt 🇪🇬 in a few weeks
> Ebanling open finance in Africa, with our API suite
More to come 🔥
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A lot of machine learning engineers in Africa ,just don't get enough opportunities to execute production level code. They are brilliant theoretically, but in practice ,are yet to get the exposure
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Africans need to learn how to play the long game.
Examples of nations who have learned how to play the long game :
China 🇨🇳
Israel 🇮🇱
South Korea 🇰🇷
Singapore 🇸🇬
India 🇮🇳
Qatar 🇶🇦
Taiwan 🇹🇼
Long game , involves forgetting about your ego , when your people are poor
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Stay focused, keep your sight on the mission. Family is important, be there for them. Take care of your health, it is your wealth! Question your thoughts and decisions ..be at peace, cultivate it!
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When it comes to Japa in Ghana,it's the opposite that's happening for real. Ghanaian diaspora and African Americans are moving in , making the most of business opportunities.
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Imagine building supporting infrastructure for your current startup,cause it doesn't exist ,and then the infra becomes a whole new company.
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@Mochievous
🥲 takes me way back to an experience I had in Capetown. You ever had the experience where you enter a room and everyone is visibly surprised you are here ? 😳😂
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At this rate of growth ,Appruve got to be the "Flutterwave of Identity " in Africa.🚀
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@GTV_Ghana
Why exactly is this state institution stuck in the past ? I don't remember when I actually watched any free to air channel. I literally stream on YouTube,Netflix etc. What is your claim to a licence fee in this scenario, how are you adding value ?
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@_owurakuampofo
@Scott_Geelan
You know what's funny, anytime Bukari scores , he's always sprinting,none of his team mates are able to catch up with him 😂
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In my opinion, the best development agenda any DFI can fund is initiatives that help small businesses in Africa earn more foreign exchange. I’m literally talking about a tailor earning $1000/wk from $50/wk by enabling them on Etsy or something in those lines. This alone is game
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We at Appruve are excited to announce our entry into Egypt🇪🇬. The latest African country in the Appruve Network. This brings our reach across Africa to 5 including 🇬🇭🇳🇬🇰🇪🇺🇬
Our vision of enabling an integrated Africa is gradually taking shape.
Learn more:
We are excited to officially announce that Egypt 🇪🇬 is the latest African country in the Appruve network and in extension our entry into the MENA region. 🥳🥳🥳
👉🏾:
#appruve
#productupdate
#identitymanagementinegypt
#kycegypt
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Who are the best product designers (visual and experience design) you know in Ghana 🇬🇭 , Nigeria 🇳🇬, Senegal, 🇸🇳 ,Uganda 🇺🇬 and Kenya🇰🇪 ?
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@IAtalkspace
This is a routine exercise , other fintechs also get this letter, it's part of your responsibility to maintain a license
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Hopefully the aftermath of Corona V. will engender African governments to take biotech seriously.The successful genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 by Ghanaian & other African scientists at the West African centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens is the right step.
#biotech
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@ChikaUwazie
Haha they closed my account, saying I wasn’t their ideal client , back in 2018. I was fund raising then, with no account to receive funds. Luckily Mercury showed up in time.
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Really grateful to everyone who has been , is part or yet to be part of my story. 29 and counting. 🙏🏽 Grateful.
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Wow 😲, I have to bill Favour. $15k monthly
@ourpaydayHQ
+ full time job as a PM @ Microsoft. Nice ,soft work 😊
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I am a Ghanaian 🇬🇭, Afropolitan(🇺🇬,🇳🇬,🇿🇦,🇰🇪,🇪🇹,....17 and counting). I live in Ghana for 3 months and spend the rest of the year across Africa. I am also multilingual (English, French, Ewe, Twi, a little Wolof, a little Swahili) Which digital products will you sell to me?
#AfCFTA
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Fintech in Senegal 🇸🇳 is massive. Payments startups here are easily pan-African from day one !
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My good friend is transforming fintech regulation in Ghana🇬🇭. 🚀 Appruve team , investor Steve, and COO Bubune at BoG
#fintech
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I really love the Angel investing 101 course by
@dunkhippo33
on
@ochowealth
. Straight to the point, simple to understand basic concepts and sharing personal and relatable experiences.
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MTN releases it's open API in Ghana. Developers are excited! PSPs are like 😲! Anyways , your take?
@edemkumodzi
@Jessetheranter
@bmlyon
@TheDumbTechGuy
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You think we are joking here !
I’ve been running
@BlueChesseSport
entirely on WhatsApp (community) , Stripe (payments collection) & Typeform ( customer onboarding ) .
We are almost halfway through hitting our $10k MRR target before we build an app,only after 2 months launching!
Uber’s ad business is on a $650M run rate.
Their sign up form/page is a Google form 🤯
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We met up with
@chancetherapper
and his management to explore future creative collaborative opportunities
#BlackStarLineFestival
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Ghana🇬🇭 Resolution APIs(momo and bank account) and Financial Data rolled out next month by
@AppruveHQ
. Data Protection license secured, Bank of Ghana approval in the coming weeks to open up data APIs.Have questions ? Please shoot sales
@appruve
.co
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Managing operations, keeping cost under control and driving revenue growth :)
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At Appruve we are connecting Africans to economic opportunities globally.
Verify ID documents - Appruve Identity
Check if a document is genuine- Appruve Agency
Verify Businesses & directors- Appruve Business
Do this across 🇬🇭🇳🇬🇰🇪🇺🇬🇿🇦🇪🇬 coming soon 🇸🇳🇨🇮
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First the Romans , and then the British and their cousins the French 😂 what a menace to the world . See what they caused 😱
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@Emeka9kobo
@asemota
Accra has the worst beaches in Ghana though, the best are in Keta, Axim ,Ezile,Butre, Elmina,Apam , Cape3points
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Bank of Ghana 🇬🇭 Sandbox ready , all APIs will be available , including Appruve 🔥🔥 Congratulations
@thebankofghana
and
@CarmelleCadet
EmTECH team🚀🚀
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My relationship manager at my local bank in Ghana 🇬🇭 just keeps on responding with " Eiii !!! " to all my complaints on my debit card not working here in London 😂.... Useless!!
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There's a lot of people with no Africa or emerging markets experience, giving half baked advice to founders on how to scale on the continent.
No understanding of regulatory environment
No understanding of double taxation treaties among African countries or their holdings
Zilch!
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We just renewed our Data Protection license in Ghana, affirming and staying true to our commitment to protecting consumer data
#dataprivacy
#dataprotection
#Appruve
@getappruve
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Hello 👋🏾 Tech twitter
I’m providing scholarships to 15 teenage students on the island of São Tomé & Principé in software engineering .
Because they speak Portuguese predominantly, I have to find instructors or a training program in Portuguese.
Any pointers ?
#techtwitter
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Appruve team in Ghana🇬🇭, working from a client's innovation space today. We have one of our investors, former CTO of Randcard and CEO of Clearspace labs joining on as well
#talktoyourcustomers
@getappruve
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@froggvans
This post is the reason RME , Social Studies and Critical thinking should be reintroduced into our curriculum
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Had an amazing time learning from Madam
@obyezeks
Obiageli Ezekwesili , former Presidential candidate 🇳🇬 ,
World Bank VP, cofounder of Transparency International and recently founder of
@HumanCapAfrica
and
@TheSPPG
. Through
@TheSPPG
she’s building a massive talent pool of …
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@wizaj
@KenyaAirways
@FlyRwandAir
gave roses to each woman on the flight and mentioned all women on flight ...How cool is that 😁👌🏾💓
#IWD2020
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There are so many high risk high reward problems to solve all over the world , you are the one who chose to solve fintech problems , and in Africa.
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What’s up Africa tech 👋🏾
I’m doing a West Africa tour in the next few weeks , from the 23rd January beginning with
Lomé🇹🇬
Cotonou🇧🇯
Abidjan🇨🇮
Freetown 🇸🇱
Dakar🇸🇳
Let’s connect if you are in any of these cities. I want to connect with folks in financial services,tech,government.
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Ghana 🇬🇭 has approved Africa's first malaria vaccine.
This is the first time a major vaccine has been approved first in an African country, before rich nations, Hill added, noting that it was unusual that a regulatory authority in Africa had reviewed the data quicker than the
South Africa🇿🇦and Ghana 🇬🇭 are gradually creating a space for life sciences innovation on the continent. Been talking with some amazing founders.
#biosciences
#biotech
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A lot of banks and corporate entities we are working within Africa use Microsoft Teams instead of Slack.
@edemkumodzi
You are winning corporate Africa
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@OtiAdjei
We need to hire
@marceldesailly
as technical director , he can help us with a delevlopment plan , attracting only the best talent , and instituting a playing style
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@magattew
You are leaving out intentional sabotage by Western agencies like the CIA . One can argue that while a lot of ideologies where socialist in nature ,in reality they were capitalist in output. Many of Kwame Nkrumah's initiatives were like this
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I really hope as Africans we can really learn more about diabetes mellitus.
It literally breaks down the entire body bit by bit.
We should be open to alternative and healthier options of the food we eat. Banku , Fufu or Amala in huge portions isn't great for us.
They said they will c¥t off my leg, if… — Actor John Okafor cries out
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Chipper Cash 🤝 Jeff Bezos
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We are all building cities 🌆 now , innit ?
Daniel Yu
@wasoko_official
@FumbaTown
Iyin
@iaboyeji
@ItanaAfrica
Dr. Leonard Wantchekon
@lwantchekon
@Princeton
, Historian for
@WomanKingMovie
Paul Damalie
@DIHGroup
#NewCitiesSummit
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Thank you
@afropolitan
proud to be a citizen
#398
The quality of citizens in the Afropolitan network is just top notch 🤩
Spending the weekend here in Montenegro 🇲🇪 discussing and brainstorming the future of cities 🏙️ in Africa and across the world was definitely worth it
Afropolitans, Let's give a round of applause to Paul Damalie, Citizen 398 and founder of
@AppruveHQ
, on the acquisition of his startup by
@SmileIdentity
.
As a true Afropolitan, Paul's entrepreneurial spirit is an inspiration to us all!
#Afropolitan
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@_chimdi_
😆 So you beat Egypt just to rub in the face of Ghanaians , what kind of a toxic relationship is that
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By the time , you get a bank of Ghana license, you would have interacted with all the security agencies in Ghana .
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@Benji_Fernandes
Durban has a huge Indian population 🫣, you have been profiled per South African standards 😂
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Some lessons learnt across Africa;
1. African markets aren't homogeneous
2. Some markets are far along others very early stage
3.Your current product in its form may not be relevant in a new market
4. You can adapt just by spending time with potential clients in new markets
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You will know when you are at product market fit ; You will feel the pressure from customers. We have been demoing our new service to customers,and they have already , subscribed and made recommendations.
#ReadytoRoar
🦁
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Yeah! Your 30s are you prime ! Make the most out of it🥳.
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Visiting my ancestoral home - home of all Ewe people 🇬🇭🇹🇬🇧🇯, Ilé Ife ~ Osun State 🇳🇬
#findingmyroots
Behind me is the statue of Queen 👸🏾 Moremi Ajasoro, folk heroine of the Yoruba people of Ife. My ancestors know me! Asé
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😂 I hosted a Nigerian 🇳🇬 friend recently in Accra . We went to a supermarket and he made some purchases with with cash . The cashier gave him some coins as change and he just screamed 😂. “Why are you giving me this now ?”
😅 Everyone stared at him strangely.
Nigerians who are abroad? What's the one thing that you've experienced that sent you into waves of culture shock?
Thread 😂 🍷
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Happy to announce , Appruve is the first SSA member of Financial Data Exchange
@FDXOrg
. As we prepare to launch our financial data API to our customers, it's critical to communicate to our stakeholders that , consent ,security, privacy of consumer data the core of our expertise.
We are thrilled to announce that Appruve has become the first Sub-Saharan African member of
@FDXOrg
With this, we join a host of notable organizations like
@BankofAmerica
and
@Plaid
, that are collaborating on a secure approach to API-based data sharing.
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You will build the product that serves customers first. Then you will build the company that builds the product that serves customers. Then you will build exponential valuation multiple of the company that builds the product that serves customers.
#foundernotes
#playbook
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" We must learn to read to stimulate our own imagination,to cultivate our own consciousness,our own belief system. We all need these skills to defend and preserve our own minds."
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Standard Bank has been involved in a good number of M&A deals with Fintechs in Ghana and South Africa.
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@wode_maya
I really hope SDK just eats a little and not everything on that plate. Eating this consistently , in those portions is a set up for diabetes and related illnesses.
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This is the future outlook for my hometown Keta , AKA Miami of West Africa 📸 : luštica bay
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Appruve is live in Uganda 🇺🇬
Verify user name and phone number.
Document verification for Ugandan National ID to be rolled out next month!
#KYC
#Uganda
#Identity
#Compliance
Appruve
#productupdate
⚡⚡⚡
We are pleased to announce that we added a new endpoint for verifying the name and phone number of a Ugandan 🇺🇬 telco subscriber.
A thread! 👇🏾
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One of the cool projects I like at
@AppruveHQ
, is us documenting all our experiences as we scale across Africa and sharing it with our customers. Africa is nuanced enough, you don't want to go repeat mistakes others have made. We are growing with our customers
#ReadytoRaor
🦁
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@asemota
@plastiQQ
@Bellehtobie
Ahh, but Ghana - Nigeria relationship, no be cousin matter 🤷🏾♂️ ... E be brother and sister 😆
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@JeffDean
@journokwasi
@GoogleAI
Cool,Ghana is also very cosmopolitan, many other Africans live and work in Ghana, that means more pan-African diversity for Google
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B2B2C model is really interesting. Just had an interaction with a user of a bank app passing comments on the onboarding of her bank. She's really impressed.
I am here, just talking to myself , do you even know who made this possible ? 😅🙈
Regardless, its a good feeling sha!
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We are building a maker space(3D printing farm) in Keta , Ghana 🇬🇭 to drive economic growth & build manufacturing capacity for the West African subregion. If you have interest in this space please join our community. We are looking to build an international community of talent.
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Ain't gonna lie , ChatGPT really changed my productivity levels . It's mad !🔥❤️🔥🧨
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