Nkem

I study African founders so you don't have to. Verified lessons from Paystack, Flutterwave, Andela & more. New story every Tuesday →

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In 2017, two Nigerian founders looked at a simple problem:
Millions wanted to save money.
Very few had the tools to do it consistently.
Today, Cowrywise helps hundreds of thousands of Nigerians save and invest.
This is the story of Razaq Ahmed and Edward Popoola 🧵

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@General_Somto This is rather unfortunate. He doesn't know how Chinese operates ba. He go cry later

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@instablog9ja This woman na content creator. Different stories.

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@Row_Haastrup Haba

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@realninawysocka She looks more of an influencer than a nepo kid. Jeff bezos is old money. Old money can never be caught dressing like this

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In 2002, eBay bought PayPal for $1.5B.
Its early team went on to build Tesla, SpaceX, LinkedIn, YouTube, & Palantir. They were dubbed the "PayPal Mafia."

In 2020, Stripe bought Nigeria’s Paystack for $200M+.
Now, a new group is taking the stage: The Paystack Mafia
14+ former Paystack employees have gone on to launch 14+ startups. Raising over $50M+ in funding:

• Mono (Open banking, $17M+ raised)
• Chowdeck (Food delivery, 1M+ monthly orders)
• Grey (International banking)
• Start Button, Brass, Bjetti & more.

The secret? Paystack didn’t just build a payment platform. They hired for raw potential, gave young talent complete ownership, and created founders.
When employees left, founders Shola & Ezra didn’t see betrayal; they wrote cheques.

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@SauceKiki AI will not kill oerson

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@sa10nee Soulmate energy that fast?

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@Pressman2040 Lol he is outside now he is advocating. It's okay.

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@omoyebraids Lol you will cry blood

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@Bella__Bahby Pneumonia? @grok what is this

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@Naija_PR So that he will rehabilitated back into the society and then join the army. Heard there are fresh openings

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@ronsterd89 Mad men

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@nwoko_greg62705 History repeated itself

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@dammiedammie35 Bro just created 6 broken homes and yet he is preaching "true" masculinity. Children with a warped mindset would come from those homes because of an absent father yet he is there judging other young people.

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@unkonfined Congratulations 🎉

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@Salih9t6 Tell Cersei. I want her to know it was me.

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@tophz_ Love is the death of duty

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@Michael87910 This is sacarsm right? Does he use Nigerian hospitals?

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@PenTitan Avengers assemble 😂😂😂