Just Go Grind #210: Yamandou Alexander CEO & Chairman of Makeba, a Fintech Company Enabling Emerging Markets to Transact Securely Without Credit Cards or Cash
Oct 21, 2020
43:00
Yamandou Alexander is the founder of Makeba ( https://www.makeba.money/cv-por/index.html ) a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist with decades of experience building technology and infrastructure projects in Africa.
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Some of the Topics Covered by Yamandou Alexander in this Episode
- How Makeba got started
- How Makeba is able to reduce merchant fees by 90%
- Deciding on which markets to enter
- Fundraising for Makeba and why they decided to raise money through Wefunder vs. other platforms
- The Wefunder process
- How Yamandou has gone about getting more people to invest through Wefunder
- Why Yamandou decided to get involved with fintech in Africa
- Competition for Makeba and how Yamandou views it
- The team behind Makeba
- The art of pitching your story as a founder
- How Makeba business acquires merchants for their platform
- What contributed most to Makeba's 35% monthly growth since January
- How Yamandou has determined his values as a founder
- Moving from France to the United States at 19 years old
- How Yamandou became an entrepreneur
- Yamandou's advice for someone interested in starting a company in the social impact space
- The big vision for Makeba and becoming the Alipay of Africa
- What Yamandou's day-to-day looks like now
- The three books Yamandou recommends
- Yamandou's advice for other entrepreneurs and people looking to change the world
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